Rereading this almost 3 years later, what stood out the most was the quote :
First they came for the epistemology. We don’t know what happened after that. --Michael Vassar
Recent trends suggest that this is a very real possibility, of several mostly correct but-not-really-true epistemologies, widely accepted by different factions of intellectual elites, undermining each other. With the resulting effects interpenetrating with the desperate geopolitical struggle for the future of human civilization.
Such that there are no remaining popular epistemologies left that can’t be easily ridiculed via a well written essay.
Rereading this almost 3 years later, what stood out the most was the quote :
Recent trends suggest that this is a very real possibility, of several mostly correct but-not-really-true epistemologies, widely accepted by different factions of intellectual elites, undermining each other. With the resulting effects interpenetrating with the desperate geopolitical struggle for the future of human civilization.
Such that there are no remaining popular epistemologies left that can’t be easily ridiculed via a well written essay.