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"Of course what you lived through informs who you are - but how do you live your life?"

Yep, exactly. To what extent does your personality affect your perception of the world, for example? Or your levels of self-esteem? Or blind luck? Experience is, by definition, subjective.

This doesn't mean it's useless, but it does mean we can't use it as the one true path to knowledge.

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