On these types of forums it’s easy to jump into an argument about the technicalities or a post or comment.
You should know, though, that there is a theory called Ways of Knowing which defines Separate Knowing and Connected Knowing. It’s been a part of my masters program I’m taking.
Separate knowing disconnects the humanity and context from what’s being said and tries to only argue the “facts”. But facts, and the things people say, don’t just occur in a vacuum. It often is the case when people are arguing past each other, like on the internet.
Connected Knowing is approaching the thing someone said with the understanding that there is a context, humanity, biases, different experiences, and human error that can all jumble up when people are sharing information.
Maybe even just knowing that there’s different ways to know would be helpful for us to engage in a different level of conversation here. I’m not sure. I just wanted to share!
https://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/sites/default/files/Critical Thinking Article_0.pdf
Ways of learning absolutely do differ. I agree. Someone can follow a recipe on paper. Another might not get it on paper as quickly as they would with a video tutorial. Is one better than the other?
It is easy to fall into the world-view that what you know is the right way. Everyobe else does it that way. Easy. But the few who aren’t in the everyone crowd could have different ways of seeong a situation.
I observe that so many conversations devolve into “you don’t know? Idiot” too quickly. It’s hard to learn when you being wrong leads to snobbery and gates.
I think you may be confusing what this is getting at. Did you read the paper that was linked or the summary?
I see the confusion. I meant to use this other kind of different thinking as comparison. I wasn’t clear. I meant it more as a step between ideas to bridge the knowledge gap for me. It’s how I process.
I was meaning to affirm the idea that there are different learning types. This paper is going even more in depth. It’s cool.