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Right. Our epistemological process is primarily scientific reasoning: hypothesis, attempt to falsify, fail/succeed and loop. But if we have better ways we shou
by scarejunba 7y ago
Right. Our epistemological process is primarily scientific reasoning: hypothesis, attempt to falsify, fail/succeed and loop.
But if we have better ways we should load that into the process.
Perhaps we need a Web of Trust model for data, for instance. That's a thing oral traditions naturally build in.
- hammock 7y ago>Our epistemological process is primarily scientific reasoning "Our" is a pretty loaded term there. Empiricism is "primary" in only a few limited bubbles of society. Religion, common knowledge, consensus, rationalism, etc are other epistemological processes familiar to many.
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