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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by mypalmike on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:41PM (#29546239)
At any granularity, knowledge consists of models in the consciousness of the thinker.
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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by Retric on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:57PM (#29546367)
Direct observation exists alongside models. You may not be able to correctly interpret that observation, but it is still a form of knowledge.

This is true even if what’s being observed is by a simulated entity, the observation exists outside of it’s internal models and is indirectly related to things in the underlying reality. Ie, physical states of various bits of physical RAM.

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