Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look
by specialist on Saturday September 26, 2020 @11:50AM
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Keen point. Thanks.
It just now occurs to me that you're probably referring to the epistemological crisis. I don't actually know what that means, but please humor me.
Sanger teaches philosophy. To him, maybe there is no truth? Or that all truths are equal? Or something like that.
More than a handful of the geeks I've worked with were afflicted by the recursive discursive thing. Most bad was the philosopher software architect. Actually repeatedly debated metametadata, the data about metadata. I wanted to kill myself.
Tying this back to current events: It might be useful to have some canary questions, to determine the epistemological bent of the other participants. It's pointless to argue about facts if the other party doesn't believe in facts.
It just now occurs to me that you're probably referring to the epistemological crisis. I don't actually know what that means, but please humor me.
Sanger teaches philosophy. To him, maybe there is no truth? Or that all truths are equal? Or something like that.
More than a handful of the geeks I've worked with were afflicted by the recursive discursive thing. Most bad was the philosopher software architect. Actually repeatedly debated metametadata, the data about metadata. I wanted to kill myself.
Tying this back to current events: It might be useful to have some canary questions, to determine the epistemological bent of the other participants. It's pointless to argue about facts if the other party doesn't believe in facts.