You only know what you know, true or false?

[AviatorTom]

[dynamicyandere]

True. We only know what we know.


Plus, the only thing we can truly know is our own thoughts, feelings, and subjective experiences.


None of us know whether or not we are all just brains in vat.

“If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” - Morpheus



Everything outside of our thoughts, feelings, and subjective experiences, are technically not things that we know but rather things that we believe — things that we trust.


Now, that trust may be well-placed, or that trust may be haphazard.


But either way, we can’t be 100% certain about anything outside of our own minds.


We just need to take risks and educated guesses and calculated decisions about everything.


Otherwise, we would never be able to function in society.

[OlderAndWiser]

The alternative would be that you know what you don't know. :) :) :)

But I assume that the point you are making is that each of us should acknowledge the limits of our knowledge and not act as if our knowledge is boundless when it obviously is not.

[IslaTheWitch]

What I know is irrelevant to my development. What I have to know is what I still don't know. And the list of things to learn grows with every single piece of information I possess.

Stagnation is your enemy

[Amy10223]

I think this is true. And the more you learn about something, the more you realize how little you know about it.
Socrates: I only know that I know nothing.

[Amy10223]

Thanks for the MHO

[Guido]

That is part of the philosophy on Common Sense. What is common to one person is not common to another and therefore there really is no such thing as common sense. What one person may know another does not so the saying is accurate.

So this is a reminder to stop using the term common sense.

[DJB72]

It depends how self aware you are.

I am aware of information I want to know: how to build a log house, split logs into planks with no sawmill, identifying mushrooms and toadstools for food. So I know what I don't know. My limits.

[purplepoppy]

But so much of what we know is wrong so we know even less

[WindAtMyBack]

I don't know the answer to this. Well, I"m not sure if I do or not. Now I'm confused. I think.

[mandyfire98]

"For I was conscious that I knew practically nothing"

[Fireguy17]

or maybe remember.
It's at that given moment, since you should learn something new everyday you are always adding to the list.

[Nikki1989]

True, and you can only do what you can do.

[Demonatrix]

Yes that's true, unless you have the ability of being psychic 🔮 😉

[exitseven]

I think that I have te capacity to come up with new stuff by using deductive reasoning and abstract thinking to come up with new ideas.

[CozyCoffin]

True. I can easily say that I am always learning new things.

[Zestyassmf1997]

False. I have a vague conception of some things I don’t know.

[dynamicyandere]

That wouldn’t be categorized as “knowing” though, would it?

If someone KNOWS how to solve a complex mathematical calculation, that would be different than having a vague conception about how to solve it.

Or if someone KNOWS how to play Mozart on the piano, that would be different than having a vague conception on how to play Mozart on the piano.

If someone is performing a brain surgery and someone asked them, “Do you know how to do this?” They should not say, “Yes.” If all they have is a vague conception of how to perform the operation.

[Zestyassmf1997]

The question was whether or not I know what I don’t know. I know that I don’t know how to perform surgery, for instance.

[dynamicyandere]

Yes, you know that you don’t know how to perform surgery.

So, you don’t know how to perform surgery.

And you know that about yourself.

That’s like a yes or no answer, like a 1 or 0.

Which, I believe is appropriate for, “You only know what you know.”

Like, “You can only hear what you can hear.”

But, I believe see your point, as it all depends on how one defines the term “know”.

If “knowing” implies knowing something in its entirety, then it’s going to be a black or white answer. They either DO know something in its entirety, or they do not.

If “knowing” also I includes just having any amount of data or knowledge about a subject, then your thesis is true. It’s possible to know a little about something. And knowing a little about something is more than not knowing anything about something (don’t know).

Therefore, when “know” is defined THAT way, having a vague conception of something would count for something, since it’s more than not-knowing.

So, we’re both right, depending on semantics. 🙂

[Zestyassmf1997]

Well, I don’t have to write a short essay to make my point. So that in and of itself probably lends credence to my point.

[dynamicyandere]

I could have ended my point in a sentence as well.

But, to relate your point to my point takes elaboration and analysis to show how 2 opposing views are connected. 🙂

[Minahh]

Yeah lol and as Socrates said I know that I know nothing

[NathanDavis]

I do know what I don't know...

[douride2]

That pretty much sums up my life.

[Sparkie460]

I believe that is true

[msc545]

You also may know what you don't know.

[VanillaBomb]

True

[Adamzinho]

True