Life is a composition of experiences, realizations, successes, as well as failures. Through all of these adventures in life, we come across all sorts of knowledge that we may either find very useful or worthless. The knowledge that we acquire comes from an array of sources that includes teachers, preachers, parents, friends, the media…the list is endless. People obtain a lot of knowledge through reading books, magazines, and newspapers and so on. These sources may at times be biased and may alter our previous knowledge about a certain subject. By being exposed to these sources throughout our entire lives, we obtain a vast amount of knowledge that we know is in our possession. But where did all of this information originate from? A lot of findings that were discovered by ancient Greeks and Romans still have an influence on our lives today. Would our lives be different if they hadn’t come up with theories and ideas? Would we be learning different subjects in school? The questions are endless and the answers are very vague and debatable. People in today’s society seem to accept what we learn in school and we apply our everyday lives to the knowledge we obtain. I know what I know because of the various experiences that I have had in my life. While on my life path, I will discover for myself whether or not the knowledge I have is useful, how I will use it, and who I will share it with.
Failures is a huge inlfuencing factor on how do we know what we know. But i think people rely to much on what other people say. i think experience is also a huge factor. Because in order for someone to know something they must experience it first hand
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