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Beyond Your Reckons: from feels to facts Ben Fields

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What is truth?

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What is your truth?

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Is it your opinion?

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What do you know?

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Sidebar: types of knowledge

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epistemology

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Knowing That vs Knowing How vs Knowing Why

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Knowing That

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true false concrete abstract data statistics evidence null hypothesis lies bullshit facts logical reasoning

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facts

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stuff you can measure

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stuff you can test

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Framing ideas as testable hypotheses

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I buy too many things at the market when I’m hungry? photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaiyuya/6187065152/

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People tend to spend more money at the supermarket when they haven’t eaten in hours? photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaiyuya/6187065152/

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The time since my last meal has no impact on my total spend at the supermarket? photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaiyuya/6187065152/

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the null hypothesis

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Cool, but like this feels like a lot of work

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No content

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look at assertions critically

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good: how do you know that?

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good: how do you know that? better: how can you know that?

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Thanks! bother me on twitter: @alsothings