<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\nHuman beings are obsessed with knowledge. We instinctively believe there are facts about the world which are true, which can be known, and which explain our experience of reality. But real knowledge \u2013 thoughts about reality which are true \u2013 is incredibly elusive. Human beings aren’t very good at dealing with this.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThis post is quite a long and mainly philosophical one, and part of a thought in progress.<\/em><\/p>\nI Intuitive knowledge<\/h3>\n
The earliest forms of knowledge, it’s safe to assume, were the result of intuitive mental “theory-building” combined with instinct. We experience things and intuitively create “theories” to explain them. When we experience something that clearly contradicts our theory so far, we either amend the theory to fit the new information, or (more often) ignore what we experienced and try to forget it as soon as we can.<\/p>\n
We do all of this automatically, without any conscious decisions taking place.