infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoHow do you tell whether I experienced it or only read about it?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down18
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareHow do you tell whether I experienced it or only read about it?infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoI imagine language with some new tags. Tags like “original source” and “number of iterations from original source” (“Iterations” probably isn’t the right term. If Bob saw it, then Bob told Sally, then Sally told Frank. Frank has “3rd iteration” knowledge. But what’s the better term?)
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoTrust me bro, I heard it FIFTH HAND from the source!
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAs the other commenter implied, it’s first hand/in person, second hand, third hand, etc or primary/secondary/tertiary/quaternary sources
I imagine language with some new tags.
Tags like “original source” and “number of iterations from original source”
(“Iterations” probably isn’t the right term. If Bob saw it, then Bob told Sally, then Sally told Frank. Frank has “3rd iteration” knowledge. But what’s the better term?)
Trust me bro, I heard it FIFTH HAND from the source!
As the other commenter implied, it’s first hand/in person, second hand, third hand, etc or primary/secondary/tertiary/quaternary sources