Approach to Knowledge

Yeah yeah I totally get that man. You got the 2 types right? Michael Malice was talking about this, right? Where you got the 2 types of people, right? Like, the first guy looks at what's around him and deduces conclusions. Like ME! And the other guy has a worldview in his head and he tries to make reality comport with that worldview.... Like the guy who's trying to use Nikki Haley to pass his anti-online anonymity legislation. Or the conservatives trying to legislate and boycott the gays away. What is the name of that guy.... Oh wait! It's Dr. Jordan! He's the one doing that! He tried to frame it as though it's the communists doing the thing be HE'S the one trying to force reality to comport with his vision.

Hym "Yeah, that approach to knowledge where you try to do that thing you're doing is dogshit. That's largely the problem here."

by Hym Iam December 25, 2023

bust a knowledge nut

When you learn something so profound that your mind feels like it had a orgasm from learning it.

When I learned the refrigeration cycle I had bust a knowledge nut all over the teacher.

by honeybadger9862 February 11, 2024

celebration of knowledge

A thin-skinned, non-triggering alternative to saying “quiz” or “test”

Okay class, time to review for our celebration of knowledge!

by Hellenophile07 May 8, 2024

Without your knowledge

If it's without my knowledge how do I know whether or not my rights are being violated and, if they are, who is actively going to do something about it?

Hym "Because it's being done 'without your knowledge' is exactly what makes it unconstitutional. I have the right to face my accuser. This is the problem here. You want me to have less rights. I have more rights. I won't accept less rights. You're not the behavior dictators. Someone is going to get hurt and when they do the wrong person is going to be blamed."

by Hym Iam January 17, 2025

Surface Level Knowledge

An idea/thing that is usually known by most of the people in the internet or real life.
Can be used as the opposite to ball knowledge.

Person 1: Do you what happened in September 11 2001
Person 2: Its literally a Surface level knowledge

by victorballs February 19, 2026

Social Power of Knowledge

The recognition that knowledge isn't just information—it's a form of social power that can confer status, justify authority, or maintain hierarchy. To be known as someone who knows—to have your knowledge socially recognized—is to wield influence regardless of the content of your knowledge. The social power of knowledge explains why credentials matter even when the credential-holder is incompetent, why expertise is often performative, and why challenging established knowledge is always also a social struggle, not just an intellectual one.

Social Power of Knowledge "He didn't actually understand the data, but he had the right degree and the right confidence, so everyone believed him. That's the Social Power of Knowledge: looking like you know is often more powerful than knowing."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026

Theory of Constructed Knowledge

The proposition that knowledge isn't discovered ready-made in the world but is actively built by knowers through their interactions with reality, their communities, and their tools. We don't find facts lying around like rocks—we construct them through observation, interpretation, negotiation, and consensus. This doesn't mean knowledge is arbitrary or "made up"—it means that knowledge is made, not found, and understanding how it's made is essential to understanding what it is. The Theory of Constructed Knowledge studies the workshops where facts are built, the laborers who build them, and the materials they use.

"You think 'democracy' is just a fact about some countries? Theory of Constructed Knowledge says: democracy is a concept built over centuries, through revolutions, debates, failures, and compromises. It's not a discovered object—it's a constructed reality. And it's still under construction, which is why it's so messy."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026