Re:Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than an...
by vinceguidry on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:28AM
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You could have explained why he was wrong before injecting your opinions into the discussion.
He's wrong because the epistemological formula is the justified true belief. The infallible oracle simply gave Archimedes a true belief, the needed justification, sensors that can actually give meaning to the precise number, would take hundreds of years to develop. Archimedes would have to sit there with the oracle and develop modern physics together before the oracle can be said to have given him knowledge.
And you will have to actually show your intellectual work before your arguing here will actually accomplish your goal of sounding smart.
He's wrong because the epistemological formula is the justified true belief. The infallible oracle simply gave Archimedes a true belief, the needed justification, sensors that can actually give meaning to the precise number, would take hundreds of years to develop. Archimedes would have to sit there with the oracle and develop modern physics together before the oracle can be said to have given him knowledge.
And you will have to actually show your intellectual work before your arguing here will actually accomplish your goal of sounding smart.