From f03fc83d673203336dbfc6350369cd95a32020f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mahdi Dibaiee Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:24:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] inherent subjectivity: why is it important --- _posts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md | 6 ++++++ _posts/2021-11-06-linux-contribution.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md b/_posts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md index 29ab147..142d498 100644 --- a/_posts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md +++ b/_posts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md @@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ In the end one experiences only one's self. Said Nietzsche. So What? (Or: Why is This Important?) ---------------------- +This realisation means that objectifying people's subjective experiences is not possible, we will never be able to decipher someone's subjective experience of something. This does not mean we should not try to _understand_ people, rather, it means we should always consider that our understanding of someone's subjective experience will never be objective, it will always be merely our perspective of it. When it comes to people's personal experiences, we can't be sure that we are right, the way we are confident we are right after measuring a distance using our agreed-upon metric ruler; when it comes to subjective experiences it's always only a crude approximation. + +This video was sent to me by a friend today, and it is great timing, because it is very relevant: + + + References ---------- diff --git a/_posts/2021-11-06-linux-contribution.md b/_posts/2021-11-06-linux-contribution.md index 1d905c6..0b62619 100644 --- a/_posts/2021-11-06-linux-contribution.md +++ b/_posts/2021-11-06-linux-contribution.md @@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ make {% endhighlight %} - Install the newly built Kernel {% highlight bash %} -make install_modules +make modules_install VERSION=5.10 cp -v arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-linux${VERSION} -mkinitcpio -k linux-${VERSION} -g /boot/initramfs-linux${VERSION}.img +mkinitcpio -k $VERSION -g /boot/initramfs-linux${VERSION}.img {% endhighlight %} - Run grub-mkconfig to add a menu option for this new kernel {% highlight bash %}