Epistemic Reserve Notes

Knowledge is not merely an accumulation of abstract bits of information, it is also, for the local community at least, a binding agent.

Being truthful is an individual and communal effort — it means training, not only cognitive abilities, but empathetic relational ones, and our embodied experience in the world. It also means acknowledging that we don’t always have the answer. Admitting our vulnerable ignorance in the face of overwhelming mixed messages may be a good first step.