Unformatted text preview: Eventually, one of them thinks that it’s going to rain, while the other considers it as the result of air pollution. Their interpretations towards the black cloud differ because they are personally experiencing it differently, by different meaning, from different perspective. That’s how personal experience acts in the formation of knowing things. In conclusion, personal experience varies the process and result of our formation of knowing something, by the mean of bias, stereotyping, etc. However, the role our personal experience plays is essential to us as an individual in a society, because it’s what makes our thinking different. Without it, our thought and point of view will be all the same, which makes the world and our lives meaningless. "Personal experience -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Web. 26 Sept. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_experience>....
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