I don't think we have the same definition of experience then.
Experience is the knowledge or mastery of an event or subject gained through involvement in or exposure to it.
The statement you made is an a posteriori statement, meaning knowledge gained after the experience.
To even operate the telescope you employed procedural knowledge, which is the knowledge exercised in the performance of a task. To operate that telescope you used past knowledge gained through propositional knowledge (type of knowledge that is expressed in declarative sentences) and procedural knowledge. The information gained through these methods are a posteriori because the knowledge comes after experience.
Fuck I thought that was a hyperlink. You can gain accidental experience. But apparently I am not educated enough to speak on this subject as quantum physics and such are out of my realm.
I'll have to read that later and respond in several hours. Commenting to remember
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