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he don't know (quokk.au)

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

More like:

ME: Aw, hey, don't say that. You know things.

SOCRATES: Oh really? You seem well informed about me. Tell me, what is it that I know?

ME: Well, uh, you know that's a tree, right?

SOCRATES: Do I? What makes you confident that I know that?

ME: Uh, you know, you can see that it's shaped like a tree...

SOCRATES: Perhaps, but don't you think that other things could be shaped like trees, sometimes?

ME: Uh... like what?

SOCRATES: Hey, I'm asking the questions here, wise guy! Anyway, you seem to know a lot about trees, can you tell me how to know the difference between a tree and a large bush?

ME: Well I'm actually not, like, a botanist...

SOCRATES: So you don't know? But you seemed so confident that I knew! Perhaps it's not trees you're well informed about, but knowledge itself? Tell me, what does it mean to know something?

ME: *epistemological stammering*

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Aristophanes: Think normally, ya weirdo!

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

For those curious: a tree has one central stem, in bushes all branches are basically the same