Adhiraj, Rohan, Krishiv TOK Essay "The quality of knowledge is best measured by how many people a...

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1. Krishiv - Keywords

1.1. quality

1.1.1. how do you define the quality?

1.1.1.1. based on accuracy to reality?

1.1.1.1.1. how can we ever know what really is true

1.1.1.2. accuracy to our percepted reality?

1.1.1.2.1. if our perception is false, quality is irrelevant

1.2. best

1.2.1. what does best imply?

1.2.1.1. most often provides truth?

1.2.1.1.1. only a minority are experts

1.3. accept

1.3.1. accept is ambigous

1.3.1.1. i accept things because im told things

1.3.1.1.1. world is round, because its a general consensus - not because i have seen it for myself

1.4. knowledge

1.4.1. what is knowledge?

1.4.1.1. knowledge is simply our perception of the world

1.4.1.1.1. eg. scientific method is rigorous and we believe it to prove things

1.4.1.1.2. ever - evolving tech and ideals

2. Key Phrases - Adhiraj

2.1. Quality of knowledge

2.1.1. How has the knowledge been able to expand on information that we already have. Depending on that, one can judge how qualitative certain knowledge is.

2.2. Best measured

2.2.1. How can one best measure the quality of knowledge.

2.3. Accept it

2.3.1. If a majority accepts some knowledge, does that make it right? Knowledge can be measured by looking at the number of people who accept it, but that technique is not the most accurate. Just because a theory is widely accepted, does not necessarily mean that it's true. Take the flat earth theory for example, in the past it was widely believed that the Earth was flat, but now its common knowledge that the earth is Spherical

3. Rewrite

3.1. The validity of information is most accurately measured by the quality of people who accept it - krishiv

3.2. The authority of people who accept knowledge is the best way to validate how reliable it is. - rohan

3.3. Knowledge has

4. Rewrite

4.1. The reliability of formulae and laws are best measured by the experts whom support it. - krishiv

5. Connections to Classes

5.1. Physics - Krishiv

5.1.1. Natural Sciences

5.1.2. Conventional current vs electron flow

5.1.2.1. for many years people believed that conventional current was the way that circuits worked, when this was disproved, it was so difficult to accept that electron flow was true that in our syllabus we still assume it is true, simply because it was so widely accepted for so long.

5.1.2.1.1. Memory, reason

5.1.2.1.2. Physics

5.2. Psychology - Adhiraj

5.2.1. Connection

5.2.1.1. WOK

5.2.1.2. Framework Area

5.2.1.2.1. Claim 1

5.2.1.2.2. Claim 2

5.2.2. Human Sciences

5.3. Subject 3

5.3.1. AOK

5.3.2. RLE/PK Connections

5.3.2.1. Connection

5.3.2.1.1. WOK

5.3.2.1.2. Framework Area

5.3.2.2. Connection

5.3.2.2.1. WOK

5.3.2.2.2. Framework Area

5.3.3. RLE/PK Connections

5.3.3.1. Connection

5.3.3.1.1. WOK

5.3.3.1.2. Framework Area

5.3.3.2. Connection

5.3.3.2.1. WOK

5.3.3.2.2. Framework Area