I typed my previous hastily. I omitted the word, not, from my last
paragraph and it changes the meaning. The correct reading should be this:
Most philosophers would disagree with your notion that there is only one
way of knowing. Also, "proof" of what we know is no guarantee that it will
NOT later be replaced with a new truth. I can't prove that I am not now
dreaming, but I know that I am not. I cannot prove that I love my cat, but
I know that I do. Those are one way of knowing. Then, I can do an
experiment in the lab to see if a gene carries a specific mutation when
cells behave abnormally. That is another way of knowing.
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