It's also tiresome when people try to shoehorn big philosophy words they just incorrectly learned to stifle discussion. OP was pointing out the speculative nat

It's also tiresome when people try to shoehorn big philosophy words they just incorrectly learned to stifle discussion. OP was pointing out the speculative nature of the article. It's a question about evidence, facts and agenda. Epistemology is a philosophic inquiry into the nature of knowledge. Calling out speculative nature of an article isn't the same as trying to dismiss it with by epistemology.