Knowing that you know, that you know Knowing that you know, that you know, is a mouthful agreed but what is it that I mean when I say that? You have to break it down one by one. So everyone agrees that you are sitting here in a college classroom listening to me speak? So if you say yes to that? Then essentially everyone is agreeing that you know this to be true. That is the “first knowing”. Now how do you know that to be true? Well break it down, how do you know that this is a college classroom? You would probably say because I’m at Georgia Highlands College and I’m in a room that’s typically found in a school, in which I am taught. Also how do you know you are listening to me speak? I’m sure everyone’s response …show more content…
The reason why is because I have seen some many of us say we know something just because we saw it on the internet or on T.V. or in a magazine etc. and it seems more prevalent in our generation than ever before. Why does it seem that way, because we have “all the facts for everything” on our phones, computers, tablets and more. Which we do but we also have all the wrong stuff too. Social media is incredible at making people think they know something by one picture or one word or one hundred and forty characters. We will look at it or read it and then all of sudden it’s true and we haven’t looked into it anymore to see if we know, that we know, that we know. Now this isn’t a speech criticizing social media and our generation. I’ve seen people out of other generations including ours’ as well say, they know things about their religious beliefs, political views, financial choices, or marital choices, and not really have a clue or if so a bad one. I agree we all can make mistakes or misbelieve something but that’s why I keep repeating this whole topic of knowing that you know, that you know so that hopefully you wont make that many mistakes or misbelieve