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The only thing we should be alarmed about is people taking those after-the-fact explanations as being anything more than confabulations, because then people mig
by tjradcliffe 12y ago
The only thing we should be alarmed about is people taking those after-the-fact explanations as being anything more than confabulations, because then people might think they actually understand the world, which is a dangerous conceit at the best of times.
After-the-fact explanations have almost zero epistemic value. They create no understanding, only a feeling of understanding. Look at the financial press for endless examples of this.