Knowledge triggers vs knowledge consequences

Question 1

If you go into the cave you’ll definitely get eaten by the bear inside! Oh no. Steve went into the cave. We told him not to. We now know that:

Answer 1

Steve got eaten by a bear (knowledge consequence).

Question 2

If you go into the cave you’ll definitely get eaten by the bear inside! Oh no. Steve went into the cave. Now he’s eaten. The thing that guaranteed to us that Steve would be eaten by a bear is that he did what?

Answer 2

Went into the cave (knowledge trigger)

Question 3

Anyone who who can run a mile in under 4 minutes must be an olympian. The fact that Lisa can run a mile in under 4 minutes results in the knowledge consequence that

Answer 3

She must be an Olympian (knowledge consequence)

Question 4

When you pass “go” in the game of Monopoly you always collect $200. Passing go is the:

Answer 4

knowledge trigger

Question 5

Only Martians live on mars. So if you live on mars, the knowledge consequence we can say about you is that

Answer 5

knowledge consequence: you are a martian

Question 6

Knowledge triggers are technically called

Answer 6

sufficient condition

Question 7

knowledge consequences are technically called

Answer 7

necessary condition