L02 - Sources of Knowledge

Experience ==> unfiltered

Authority ==> unvetted

• Parents

• Teachers

• Religious leaders

• Media

• 'Scientists'

Social Osmosis ==> unfiltered 

• School peers

• Friends

• Co-workers

• Social media

Investigation 

• Personal trials, experiences and experiments

• Vetting of authorities ==> Can they be trusted?

• Observational science

• Experimental science

• Logic and reason.

Revelation

• No other source, for some of the most critical information, is both possible and potentially reliable.