I think this isn’t the usual sense of ‘knowledge’. It’s too definite. Do I know there’s a website called less wrong, for example? Not for sure. It might have ceased to exist while I’m typing this—I have no present confirmation. And of course any confirmation only lasts as long as you look at it.
Knowledge is that state where one can make predictions about a subject which are better than chance. Of course this definition has its own flaws, doubtless....
I think this isn’t the usual sense of ‘knowledge’. It’s too definite. Do I know there’s a website called less wrong, for example? Not for sure. It might have ceased to exist while I’m typing this—I have no present confirmation. And of course any confirmation only lasts as long as you look at it.
Knowledge is that state where one can make predictions about a subject which are better than chance. Of course this definition has its own flaws, doubtless....