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Are some things unknowable?, Is bias inevitable in the production of…
Are some things unknowable?
The future is unknowable
simpsons tried to predict future
1970s sci fi movies that tried to predict the future. They thought that in the future, music would still be kept in physical stores. The concept that music can be stored online was completely alien and unknown, thus could not have been predicted. This shows that people can make predictions based on evidence, but cannot know the future
Object: Chinese book each lunar new year that tries to predict the future for people with different years
people try to make sense of the future
Schrodingers cat
Human thought and emotion cannot be fully known
it can be known to some extent because these emotions manifest and can be felt. The study of psychology.
But there are many times where the person experiencing the emotion does not understand it. Psychology is also not definite, where all studies can find correlations but nothing can be determined as a fact.
unfalsifiable theories
language of dogs
a person can never truly know others perception of themselves. Can use mirror as an object because what someone sees themselves as may be completely different to what somebody else thinks
Personal unknowability, exclusive to a group of knowers.
Mri scan - the paradox that our own mind cannot understand the concept of the consciousness
Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge
yes
Even in scientific research: Historically, medical research has predominantly focused on male subjects, leading to a lack of understanding about how diseases and treatments affect women differently. This gender bias has resulted in less effective healthcare for women in some areas.
The production of knowledge itself is inherently biased by social structures and hierarchies.
The peer review process, which is a cornerstone of academic knowledge production, can be biased towards established researchers and institutions. Studies from prestigious universities or well-known authors are more likely to be published, while research from less prominent institutions or marginalized groups may be overlooked.
This is true even in areas such as mathematics, which is often viewed as completely objective.
Complete objectivity is not possible
For example, observations like Observations like "water boils at 100°C at sea level" is usually free from subjective interpretation
But the ways we intepret it, like using the idea of tremperature in the unit of celcius has some extent of bias in it as it is a social construct.
Production of religious knowledge. Is affected by culture.
Bias is based on different interpretations.
In what ways do our values affect our acquisition of knowledge?
negative way
poditive way
american 100 dollar bill
What is the relationship between personal experience and knowledge?
relation to perspective: Perspective originates from personal experience,