Comment on Information based on lived experience is far less valued than a quick Google answer.
FishFace@piefed.social 4 days agoAsk a person what sex feels like or how should a roux smell - these are not things you can explain in words, whether it’s in an article or in person.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s not true at all.
FishFace@piefed.social 4 days ago
Go on then.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 days ago
When someone is teaching you to cook a roux by example, they will have you smell it as the cooking progresses. They’ll explain the “nutty” smell and how it evolves but you’ll never really recognize the right smell without engaging in the experience with someone guiding you through it. As for sex, it means different things to different people. Especially when considering what X person likes vs what Y person likes. Google wont tell you different things you should try or how to handle a partner into something that you may not be. You understand how to please people based on experience and communication with that person. Then going forward you have the experience and context to know what may feel interesting.
FishFace@piefed.social 4 days ago
Right, so you can’t explain it in words. You have to experience it yourself.
But experiencing things yourself is not what we’re talking about; if you already have the experience, you don’t need to ask Google (or another person) to confirm it. What we’re talking about is, if you want to find about something you don’t already know about, should you go to Google or get an individual’s take on it, given that individual has experienced it themselves.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
You’re describing qualia which are necessarily subjective. These accounts are not helpful whether you get them from Google or anywhere else.
Anecdotes may be interesting, but on the whole they are not as useful as objective answers.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s my exact point, not everything has an objective correct answer, something Google is only able to provide. Creating a sufficient answer is based on the subjective experience one gains or is able to glean from others.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
No?
If there’s no objective, correct answer to a question then the point is moot. If you’re getting something out of some individual’s subjective answer it’s based on the want to build a relationship or gain understanding of that person which inherently has nothing to do with the question itself.
That’s fine and all, but not really what I understand your original question to be asking. People have experiences, and those experiences are theirs: they can’t give them to you. If you like hearing about it anyway, cool, but you might as well read a poem.