Epistemology

Some seven types of stupidity.. via @mrianleslie https://ianleslie.substack.com/p/seven-varieties-of-stupidity?s=r... See more

How could gaining knowledge amount to anything other than discovering what was already there? How could the truth of a statement or a theory be anything but its correspondence to facts that were fixed before we started investigating them?

Some philosophers have argued that, despite widespread intuitions to the contrary, knowledge is not merely a mat... See more

The solution isn’t better truths. It’s better listening. How do you get people to listen? You reward those who do, and punish those who don’t. Bring investment due diligence to public narratives.