I know it as much as anyone knows anything. Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Knowledge is defined not by absolute truth but by what you trust enough to act on.
- In plain terms
- You know something when you trust it enough to use it.
- What can you take from it?
- Action defines knowledge more than certainty does.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you act on that you call knowledge?
Another view
This reduces knowledge to subjective opinion without external verification.
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