Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes

On Mon, 19 May 2025 07:57:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote :

Everything we "think" we know... is wrong.

 
Is that what you think you know?

 
Perhaps the only thing we can truly know is that we know nothing...

 
Speak for yourself.

Do you believe gravity is a force?
Do you think astronauts are weightless in the space station?
Do scuba divers breath "oxygen" as a matter of course?
Is there any need whatsoever for carbohydrates in a human diet?
Is drinking cow's milk really natural?
Are guns really the problem?
Are Apple iOS devices actually safer than Android?
Is the thing they call a Covid "vaccine" really a vaccine?
Are viruses living organisms?
Will punitive tariffs really reinvigorate the American economy?
Has a healthy person ever gotten sick from eating moldy food?
Is an abortion really simply a choice which is a right of motherhood?
Does an electric car pollute twice as much as an ICE vehicle?
Did immigrants really eat the cats and dogs in some town somewhere?
Did Virginia Slims really "liberate" women (you've come a long way baby)?
Is premium gas in any way, shape or form "better" than regular?

I speak from the humble vantage point of someone constantly bombarded by
persuasive messaging, much like the rest of us navigating this
hyper-marketed reality.

However, if your knowledge springs from some pristine, unadulterated
source, untainted by slogans and spin, I'd be genuinely fascinated to hear
about it.

Perhaps you've deciphered the universe's instruction manual, conveniently
located outside the advertising section? Do share your secrets to
epistemological purity!