I think Rebel's fundamental confusion here is between understanding and experience. Just because you don't experience something, doesn't mean that you can't understand it. Understanding involves objective knowledge that we all can have access to. Experience is personal and subjective. There are aspects of human experience that can't be r…
I think Rebel's fundamental confusion here is between understanding and experience. Just because you don't experience something, doesn't mean that you can't understand it. Understanding involves objective knowledge that we all can have access to. Experience is personal and subjective. There are aspects of human experience that can't be resolved by argument. But the effect of drugs on the body is not one of them. I discuss this further in this paper.https://www.academia.edu/104703271/The_Privileged_Access_of_the_Underprivileged_How_Social_marginalization_produces_Epistemic_Privilege
"Just because you don't experience something, doesn't mean that you can't understand it. "
Exactly. And the opposite is also true. Just because you're trans, for example. doesn't make your thoughts on puberty blockers any more valid. Especially if, as in rebel's case, you transitioned at 43 and haven't taken them either.
I think Rebel's fundamental confusion here is between understanding and experience. Just because you don't experience something, doesn't mean that you can't understand it. Understanding involves objective knowledge that we all can have access to. Experience is personal and subjective. There are aspects of human experience that can't be resolved by argument. But the effect of drugs on the body is not one of them. I discuss this further in this paper.https://www.academia.edu/104703271/The_Privileged_Access_of_the_Underprivileged_How_Social_marginalization_produces_Epistemic_Privilege
"Just because you don't experience something, doesn't mean that you can't understand it. "
Exactly. And the opposite is also true. Just because you're trans, for example. doesn't make your thoughts on puberty blockers any more valid. Especially if, as in rebel's case, you transitioned at 43 and haven't taken them either.