In reference to personal experience --
I cite personal experience because I am more certain of knowledge gained
from personal experience than information I have read in books. Note that
I apply "knowledge" only to personal experience, and the word "information"
to stuff I have read in books, which doesn't become "knowledge" until I
have tested and accepted it through personal experience. This is my
reasoning for presenting personal experience at the highest level of
discussion -- because this represents what I "know."
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