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Comment author: dlthomas 13 December 2011 08:20:45PM 1 point [-]

Note I said a "huge portion of knowledge."

You have been inconsistent about this. You did say,

[I]n reality a huge portion of knowledge is hearsay.

But you also said,

Knowledge is just legitimized information.

which is what I commented on, and which seems to be speaking of "knowledge" generally. You then later doubled down with:

Knowledge is legitmized information whether you except it or not.

Did you mean instead, "knowledge includes any legitimized information"?

Comment author: Boyi 13 December 2011 08:44:13PM *  0 points [-]

Yes. I am sorry I did not clarify that. For me it is assumed that legitimized knowledge includes self-legitmized knowledge because the self is clearly a major authority in a person's life.

I am writing too fast and not taking into account that you all do not have a background in sociology or anthropology.

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