How Do We Know What We Know? (Do YOU Know?)

Think of something you know. Not the trivial stuff, but the in-depth things. Like if you're awake right now. Now think of an answer to this question. You probably answered, "Yes, I AM awake right now." pretty confidently. But how do we KNOW these things for certain? Is it common knowledge? Is it assumed? Do we learn it?

I think that we don't know anything until we are taught it. We are born ignorant. For the most part, our ignorance as children shape the way we learn. We know what we know because we don't know any better, so we take what is taught to us to be true. Its only natural. It's the way we learn. For example, the first time we do something. wrong, we are told that that is not the correct way of doing that action. After, we want to learn the correct way, and when we do, we store that information in the backs of our minds forever. Then when the situation faces us again, we know the correct method of going about it. Whether we choose to do what is wanted or correct is a different subject, but in essence, we will go with the moralistically correct way.

Also,  we know what we know because we went through experiences of the situation first-hand. 

"The American people don't believe anything until they see it on television."

-Richard Nixon