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I'm starting to think Scott Alexander's 2018 essay 'Sort by Controversial' is in danger of losing its 'epistemic status: fiction' label, and I'm not joking when
by Baeocystin 6y ago
I'm starting to think Scott Alexander's 2018 essay 'Sort by Controversial' is in danger of losing its 'epistemic status: fiction' label, and I'm not joking when I say that.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/
- ggm 6y agoEpistemology is under-rated. Fiction becomes fact more rarely than people think, because the components of fiction which are factualised are hypotheses couched as fiction about potential reality. That said, this is a great comment and if we were in reddit I would gold you fast. I always sort by "new"