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by mypalmike 1645 days ago
At any granularity, knowledge consists of models in the consciousness of the thinker.
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Direct observation exists alongside models. You may not be able to correctly interpret that observation, but it is still a form of knowledge.

This is true even if what’s being observed is by a simulated entity, the observation exists outside of it’s internal models and is indirectly related to things in the underlying reality. Ie, physical states of various bits of physical RAM.