<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Culture can change the social meaning of an... > Culture can change the social meaning of an external-world claim, such as a claim that a religious experience had a supernatural source; it can change the vulnerability of the person making the claim, including the relevance of their mental state; and it can change the care with which conversational AI should respond. What culture cannot change is the evidence required to establish that claim as a true description of reality. **Source:** [[articles/Epistemic Invariance in Conversational AI|Epistemic Invariance in Conversational AI]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Culture can change the social meaning of an external-world claim, such as a claim that a religious experience had a supernatural source; it can change the vulnerability of the person making the claim, including the relevance of their mental state; and it can change the care with which conversational AI should respond. What culture cannot change is the evidence required to establish that claim as a true description of reality.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-culture-change-social-true-description-reality ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->