Should we rely on someone's experience or someone's research?
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I think both could be appropriate. For information that requires facts,research is the best. For life experience or opinion information, experience.
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A person's perception has limitations. Perception: Mathematically speaking, perception is the integration of pieces information provided by the senses. http://www.gibson-design.com/philosophy/Concepts/$_PERCEPTION_1.html Recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory. The neurological processes by which such recognition and interpretation are effected. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/perception Awareness of an object of thought, especially that of apparently external objects through use of the senses. Since things don't always turn out actually to be as they seem to us, there is ample reason to wonder about the epistemological reliability of sense perception, and theories of perception offer a variety of responses. The skeptical challenge to direct realism is often answered by representative realism, phenomenalism, or idealism. http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/p2.htm#perc Experience of others will help us in evaluating our own perceptions.
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BOTH would be wonderful! But if you can only choose one, it is hard to beat hands-on experience.
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I would prefer someone's scientific evidence (research) over their experiences. But ideally our source could draw upon both.
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Yes, experience and research are often reliable. If you must choose between one or the other, research is probably more reliable, unless the experienced person has already done the research and has demonstrated that he is reliable.
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Go with the research. If it cannot or has not been reproduced, then it is hard to rely on.
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Both. But it also depends on what information you are looking for. If it's something purely scientific then you should rely on research. If it's something like parenting I have always found experience to be the much better teacher then research.
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