Fact and Gut

One question leads to many ripples.

Inspired by a discussion at Radical Unschooling:

I'm not sure of any biological facts anymore, the kind determined by scientific studies, that is.  I'm pretty sure of the biological fact, "I have a foot." I mean, there it is! Look at it! Gosh, I hope you see it, too.

But the facts people determine from conducting studies, well now I can't help but look at the conditions they're setting up, the expectations they have, and how those limited conditions and expectations determine an outcome.

Also, have you ever noticed how facts keep changing? That's why I can't sit on one and insist on it too stridently. I can insist that my foot is here. I still have that ability!

What does this leave? A more fluid world, a one in which everything is questioned, a one in which I hear the human constructions called facts and they influence me, but the overriding impulse now is to consult the gut. 

We learned to fix our minds on the things we call facts. I guess I'm unlearning that? It's not just one or the other, fact or gut. They're both here, but I think I was taught to worship fact and regard it as fixed. That's dissolving.