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  1. Flargus
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    I'm not convinced that Knowledge must correspond to something Actual though. If the farmer nods at bessie, walks home takes a nap, and the scoundrels move on to papier-mache in greenerrrr...

    I'm not convinced that Knowledge must correspond to something Actual though.

    If the farmer nods at bessie, walks home takes a nap, and the scoundrels move on to papier-mache in greenerrrr pastures..... if the farmer wakes up and continues about, his life having been affected in no way, why is his certainty - his knowledge - of that sense-data Wrong?

    In the coding case, they can't go about their day because until they figure out the issue the feature will be down. There's an imperative to discriminate why that experience doesn't match up with expected knowledge, and one can 'hop back' to the realm of the Actual.

    But in a somewhat quantum sorta way, farmers don't need Actuality. They just need cows.
    (if mr. COPenhagen is to be believed)

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  2. DonQuixote
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    This article reminds me of one of the parts of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance that is actually about motorcycles. The author, Robert Pirsig, speaking about making repairs (and...

    This article reminds me of one of the parts of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance that is actually about motorcycles. The author, Robert Pirsig, speaking about making repairs (and repeatedly failing,) calls this point a 'gumption trap' which sounds archaic but means that emotion of defeat when you think you've figured something out and it turns out that your haven't.

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