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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
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Madman’s knowledge

1. Incomprehensible babble

2. Too complex to decipher
1. The man under the bridge is mumbling some madman’s knowledge.

2. Stanley’s journal has instructions for an inter dimensional portal, but reading it gives you madman’s knowledge.
by Sixer’sHunter February 19, 2025
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Elite ball knowledge

A ball with elite knowladge.
Person1: Dang that ball got elite ball knowledge,
Person2: I'm disliking this post 🤬👎👎👎
by GURFLA April 30, 2025
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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
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Spaces of Power of Knowledge

The specific locations—institutional, geographical, social—where knowledge is validated, certified, and authorized to count as "real." The university lecture hall. The peer-reviewed journal. The TEDx stage. The expert witness stand. These spaces aren't neutral containers; they're active filters that shape what can be said, who can say it, and how it must be formatted to be heard. Knowledge that originates outside these spaces must translate itself, often awkwardly, to gain admission. The Spaces of Power determine not just what we know, but what we're allowed to call knowing.
Spaces of Power of Knowledge "She's been studying local water patterns for forty years, but without a PhD, her knowledge doesn't count in the Spaces of Power. So the town council listens to the consultant who flew in yesterday instead."
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026
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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
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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
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