What Does It Mean To "Know"?

[Jyera]

At what point is a "belief" rightfully called "knowledge"?

I offer this...

A "belief" is rightfully called "knowledge", when it is no longer able to settle contradiction and confusion.

Elaboration:
- Knowledge can also settle contradiction and confusion, but unlike belief, it need not always work.
- A belief is often personal, and settles contradiction and confusion within that single person.
- For a group with common or shared belief, it is so, only when it settles contradiction and confusion for the group.

 

[Keneke]

Everything is a belief: knowledge is the erroneous concept of making information gathered in experiences into oversimplified constructs.

edit: I was going to link to the old PWQ thread, but it's gone! ::sniff:: favorite thread of all time....