我的宏伟的 padlet by Pei Sen Ye

Why do we seek knowledge?

25pye2 — 2023-08-31 03:43:40 UTC

The reason we seeks for knowledge is not purely because of curiosity, but the desire of a more quality and wealthy life.

Which object can to the greatest extent help me illustrate my answer

25pye2 — 2023-08-31 03:44:48 UTC

The object that can support me to the greatest extent for demonstrating my answer will be a clock, because clock symbolize time, but what exactly is time, is it just a "thing" that humans has created to put identity of objects and events that happens in life?

Optional themes

25pye2 — 2023-08-31 04:10:25 UTC

-Indigenous societies
-Language
-Politics
-Religion
-Technology

Area of knowledge

25pye2 — 2023-08-31 04:11:15 UTC

-The arts
-History
-Human science
-Mathematics
-Natural sciences

How does the improvement of technology impact the development of human science/natural science?

25pye2 — 2023-08-31 04:14:44 UTC

Ex: if you develop for front squat, the back squat will improve as well.

Hi Pei Sen

kbuchholz8 — 2023-08-31 05:26:33 UTC

It is important to combine both of your posts. If you choose a clock as your object and explain that the reason for seeking knowledge is not just curiosity, but also the desire for a better quality of life, then you need to connect these two pieces of information. The question to consider is: What is the relationship between a clock, IA-Prompt 17, and the desire for a better life?

(Or you rethink parts of your approach)

nope

kbuchholz8 — 2023-08-31 05:27:04 UTC

no need for the AoKs in the exhibition.

How does that relate to technology?

kbuchholz8 — 2023-08-31 05:29:29 UTC

As I take another look at your padlet, I understand what you thought technology meant here. However, when we refer to technology and knowledge as an optional theme, we mean the development of new technology, such as a new microscope, which can help us discover new evidence. But, we do not refer to the skills you acquire by practicing a specific sport as technic.

Nice approach nonetheless.

1st order knowledge

25pye2 — 2023-09-11 04:45:22 UTC

1st order knowledge is directly bout the world, usually asks about "what", more descriptive and factual based.

2st order knowledge

25pye2 — 2023-09-11 04:46:35 UTC

2st order knowledge is about the process of finding out the world, discovering. It's broad ranged usually starts with the word "How"

25pye2 — 2023-09-11 04:47:32 UTC

DP subjects are mostly about 1st order knowledge, TOK is more of 2st order knowledge it causes me to investigate & discover.

What is the relationship between a clock, IA-Prompt 17( Why do we seek knowledge?), and the desire for a better life?

25pye2 — 2023-09-13 01:16:49 UTC

The inseparable relationship between a clock and why we seek knowledge along with the desire for a better life will undoubtedly require an accurate standard in order to measure it, in other words, the extent of the desire & intention of wanting a better life will demand a precise unit of measurement, which is a clock. The usage of clock, in others words "time" generally covers the field of human daily life, the whole industry is sustained by this accurate measurement unit called time. With out it the transportation system will collapses.

Related exhibition prompt On what grounds might we doubt a claim? (IAP-4)?

25pye2 — 2023-09-27 02:47:27 UTC

Groups or individuals may doubt a claim due to many possible factors, they might be social class. /status,(upper, working (or lower), and middle.) gender, beliefs and partisan.

When talking about doubting claims, we first have to consider the origins of the claims, which is who proposed the claim, it might be an individual, or a group of people. But the most important factor is to consider their social status, whether the individuals / groups of people were classified in upper, middle or working class, due to the variation of social class and distribution of the populations. The claims that were proposed by the upper class may incite & cause strong dissatisfaction from the lower classes, due to the disparity of social status and differentiation of perspectives.

• For example, how is our understanding of the nature of knowledge changed by using the different truth tests?

25pye2 — 2023-09-27 02:57:46 UTC

Before explaining how’s our understanding of the nature of knowledge changed by the different truth test, we have to thoroughly classify the characteristics of the nature of knowledge & the types of truth test. The nature of knowledge is usually sort in a “triple Venn diagram, they’re respectively: justified, true and belief. The area that the three region overlaps is “knowledge”. The reason why the mixture of justification, true and belief is recognized as “Knowledge” is because they are required in the process of forming knowledge. If one of them is lacking from the combination, then knowledge will not occur.

Good but ...

kbuchholz8 — 2023-10-04 10:00:16 UTC

now restructure your writing by following this outline:
1. Start by introducing the object and its context. The object should have a personal connection to you.
2. Explain how the object is related to the topic at hand - IA-Prompt in this case.
3. Justify why you chose the object by explaining what it teaches us about knowledge.
4. Be precise and accurate by removing any unnecessary words and sentences to make your writing concise and clear.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you need any further assistance.

If you have a pic then use a pic

kbuchholz8 — 2023-10-06 09:47:22 UTC

Really good!

kbuchholz8 — 2023-10-06 09:59:14 UTC

But I wanted to remind you that in this phase of the course, our main focus is on how Theory of Knowledge (ToK) is being expressed in the world around us. Our goal is for you to be able to explain how the topics we discuss in class are relevant to your daily life.

While I agree with everything you have written, I would like to help you prepare for the ToK exhibition commentary in March. To do so, I ask you to please follow these three steps:

Choose an object that represents the ideas you have expressed in your writing.
Explain the significance of that object.
Connect the object to the IA-Prompt,
and write a conclusion (That could be what you wrote above).

Ask if you need more help or if something is not clear.

In addition,

kbuchholz8 — 2023-10-06 10:09:48 UTC

because you are already considering how our social and economic status can impact our knowledge and the reasons we may question a claim. Think about how that transforms the concepts of truth, culture, justification, explanation, or other ToK concepts.

However, you may have a different perspective and I would be interested in hearing your thoughts.

The things of any kind, our eyes simply perceive it, do not confirm it. The judgment and determination process only happens in our reflective and conscious thinking process.

25pye2 — 2023-10-25 02:39:37 UTC

Comparison between my metaphor and Hoffman’s metaphor:

25pye2 — 2023-10-25 02:54:56 UTC

Hoffman:“desktop interface: ted talk folder, blue at the right bottom of the interface, people doesn't want to look at macbook processors, circuits and all that, so there is this interface that hides it”

Mine: The things of any kind, our eyes simply perceive it, do not confirm it. The judgment and determination process only happens in our reflective and conscious thinking process.

The similarities between my and Hoffman’s metaphor is that it both consists eye preceiving and thinking process. The difference were that he used MacBook processor as an example, but I applied brain’s conscious reflective process as an example.

why might memory-based knowledge be problematic?

25pye2 — 2023-10-26 01:08:37 UTC

The first possible factor that may cause memory-based knowledge to be problematic is that Memories are like pieces of puzzles that’s randomly stored in our brain, to be more specifically, in the “hippocampus” and “temporal lobe”. Every time we try to remember something, we randomly collect & gather pieces of puzzle that were stochastically spread on the two parts of the brain that I’ve mentioned, the formation process of the “puzzles” is not accurate all the time, due to the randomly located "puzzles". Therefore memory based knowledge may be a concerning problem.

The possible factor that may impact the reliability of memory, due to it’s correlations between language is that as I’ve already mentioned, the two regions of the human brain that responsible for memory, “hippocampus” and “temporal lobe” they’re the two key factors that may influence the reliability of memory.

Starting with the “hippocampus”, its prior function is to keep short-term memory then transfer it to the “temporal lobe” for long-term memory storage. In the every day life we as humans uses the 5 senses that we possess to perceive and observe our surroundings, it’s like, if our brain were a computer, then our 5 sense would be the camera, microphone, mouse, keyboard etc…. It simply gathers the informations then signals it into the host computer. When it comes to language, what happens is that it only gathers small tiny pieces but not the whole picture. Therefore, when it comes to language, the “microphone” only gathers small pieces of message then transfer it to the temporal lobe, this is when the lack of reliability happens, when we tried to remember the signals / the pieces we’ve collected from receiving informations then stored on the temporal lobe. Our consciousness only collect small tiny different pieces. That does not form a full picture.

My object would the temporal lobe, a region in the human brain, that responsible for memory thinking, and learning. It possess high integration with IAP-3 (3. What features of knowledge have an impact on its reliability?)I chose this object not just because of it’s level of important in our brain but also this is the region of human brain where thinking, reflection and the recall of memory takes in place.

Hi Pei Sen Ye

kbuchholz8 — 2023-11-02 04:45:07 UTC

I admire your effort, and I believe in your potential to excel. To align with the exhibition's requirements, I recommend a concise and precise rewrite, as discussed on MB. In the actual exhibition, condensing complex ideas into fewer words is key.

Your dedication is impressive, and I look forward to seeing your progress.

P.S. Your installation in the Atrium is already looking fantastic.

我的宏伟 的 padlet by Pei Sen Ye