Comment on YSK about the different “ways of knowing”

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moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It’s not alternative facts, or accepting that anything someone is saying is True. But maybe trying to start from a place of “this is true for them and I wonder why that is, because it’s so far from what I know to be true.”

The separate knower might say “hydrochloroquine is not as good as science.” They’d be right and could absolutely leave it at that.

In my opinion though, the connected knower actually has a chance to change their stance through empathy and curiosity, recognizing the way that under education and economic strife has disillusioned this person from trusting science and being curious about whether or not a path exists for this person back to truth and science.

Makes me think of this wonderful man, Daryl Davis: npr.org/…/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-…

Compassion is not the same as blind acceptance of what they’re saying or rejection of science and truth. It’s bringing in a human element and choosing connection and curiosity.

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