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I'm not above falling victim to bad sources, confirmation bias, or other foibles of human knowledge, but I try to be aware of that and guard against it. Not per
by ryanwaggoner 9y ago
I'm not above falling victim to bad sources, confirmation bias, or other foibles of human knowledge, but I try to be aware of that and guard against it. Not perfectly, I'm sure, but that imperfection doesn't mean that we all have an equal grounding in the truth.
This downward spiral into a crisis of epistemology ("who can really know anything for sure? there are so many lies out there! there is no way to discern truth!") is a fundamental strategy of authoritarian regimes (Russia), and it's being put to good use in this country.
EDIT: typo
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoI think it's a fundamental strategy of Russia to try to do that to us. I think they're being fairly effective, too. Note well: I am not saying that this is all Russia's fault. But I think that there is evidence that they're trying to do exactly this to us.