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The modern popular epistemology is a flaming garbage trainwreck. We speak with certainty about things we never saw. We put our faith in the opinions of people
by swayvil 4y ago
The modern popular epistemology is a flaming garbage trainwreck.
We speak with certainty about things we never saw. We put our faith in the opinions of people we never met.
Now get back to work.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoIt's kinda sad how the banner of skepticism has been co-opted and sort of turned into some sort of dogmatic scientism. We really need some pyrrho in our lives these times.
- Dudeman112 4y agoWhile I agree that the epistemology is shite, there actually is a limit to how much you can do by your own self Not everybody has a large hadron collider on their garden
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoYet the human lifespan is far too short to do your own verification for an appreciable number of important questions. At some point, practicality demands acquiescence to “someone smarter than me said so and hasn’t yet been proven blatantly incorrect” on at least some issues.