You find some mushrooms growing in your backyard and want to find out whether or not they are poisonous, so you eat a few and see what happens. This is an example of the …………………….. method of knowing...

You find some mushrooms growing in your backyard and want to find out whether or not they are poisonous, so you eat a few and see what happens. This is an example of the …………………….. method of knowing or acquiring knowledge.

a. rational

b. authority