"There are many things that I claim to 'know' that I know only from mediated experience" (Hobbs 72).
I absolutely had to use the image below because my husband says this about me all of the time. The fact of the matter is that this quote is an embodiment of me. I am constantly reading, listening to music, watching movies and videos, etc. I can usually hold my own in any conversation about anything, even without a thorough knowledge of the subject. Most of my knowledge comes from mediated experiences. I do not think this is so much a bad thing, though. I do have my share of real-world experiences, but I am a visual learner who remembers things best by reading or seeing it. It is very easy for me to recall something I have read and apply it to whatever is being discussed.

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