Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet
by kelseyfrog on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @04:05PM
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Yep, the critique of social facts on HN gas gotten me some of the most extreme responses. It's also frankly, delightful to frame personal opinion in the language of social fact and have folks wires get fried not knowing how to respond. Espistomology can have it's entertaining and playful side too. :)
Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet
by mistermann on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:07PM
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Espistomology is awesome, I have soooo much fun with it....I think of it as the Achilles Heel of:
- Normies
- The Man
They are both utterly defenceless against it (yet: don't have any realization of it), it's almost like a weapon from another dimension of reality.
Even more complicated:
- this applies to all piecs of information, including mainstream "truths" that are not actually true
- there is an important distinction between lies, speaking untruthfully, speaking misinformatively, etc
- most people are not just bad at epistemology (and related fields), they think they are good (because it seems that way, and "seems true equals true" in our culture) - epistemology is highly counter-intuitive