knowing

How do I know what I know? The only thing I know for sure is that I don't know how I know what I know.

I know most things, common, everyday things, because I am told them by people with more experience in that area. There isn't any really reliable way to check if they actually know. I just take it on faith.

A better question would be: Do I know anything? If you have an idea, no matter how close to the truth it may be, you don't know it if you aren't positive that it is right.

There isn't some all-knowing presence with which to check our facts. So we can't ever be positive that anything is right, so we can't every really know anything. Who's to say that there isn't a real name for the color of the sky, one true thing to call it, something other than "blue"? We don't really know anything, we name things and speculate and use science until we are as close to the truth as we can ever hope to be. And yet that truth may be the complete opposite. Some people realize this and try to search for it, but this is certainly in vain. I don't know that it's in vain, but I assume it and accept it because it's all I can do.