My critical thinking professor told an anecdote:
“This is a pen; how do we know? Because it does everything that a pen does. And that’s good enough for now, but when the pen gets up and starts talking, it’s time to reevaluate whether it’s still a pen.”
I think that applies here too. We are the sum of our experiences and education is a part of that experience, eventually we have enough knowledge in a particular subject and a concept for gaining new knowledge. So, to a certain extent it never happens, we should always be asking questions.
When I haven’t eaten a handful of mushrooms.
What if you’ve only eaten half a handful?
This is actually trickier. At least when you’re tripping balls you know it. In between, get a second opinion.
A dubious assertion.
It’s becoming more common now that news videos contain edited video. We shouldn’t have to worry about it but we do.
Your so called “video” is clearly just a bunch of dots on a screen.
Right, but sometimes the dots are recordings of real people and sometimes it’s a screen recording from Arma III
I would say when you are aware that what you see may be subject to illusion or deception.
The test for that is generally “does what I see contradict what I know?”. In which case the argument is already over.
What I know is that there isn’t a microscopic teapot between earth and the sun.
Sure thing. That’s because the teapot should be in the cuiper belt, right?
when you feel like it, i suppose
Empirical VS anecdotal evidence.
Yes lovely terms. But when (in the case of contradiction) does anecdotal take precedence (or authoritarian, well documented etc anecdotal even)?
Oh…to be honest I think I read the prompt backwards. As a rule of thumb, anecdotes should always be taken with a grain of salt when presented with contradictory empirical evidence.
About fifteen years ago.
When you live to experience “majority rule”. Would recommend to avoid.
I’m inclined to agree.