[ontolog-forum] People "know" things that don't exist

["Rich Cooper" <metasemantics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a very interesting article in MedicalExpress.com that documents how "educated" people claim knowledge and expertise that doesn't even exist:

 

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-people-easily-facts-impossible.html

 

I wonder why this behavior appears so widely among the general population?  I also wonder if that seeps over into the ontology world.  Does such a thing as a "river" exist in all cases where rivers are postulated?  Clearly not - a long time ago, JFS mentioned rivers with no head waters, and rivers with no delta.  Is the very idea of a "concept" being overgeneralized by this mistaken confidence this article suggests we have. 

 

Sincerely,

Rich Cooper,

Rich Cooper,

 

Chief Technology Officer,

MetaSemantics Corporation

MetaSemantics AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com

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