You can't just say “epistemic status: garbage” and then hope your words don’t have consequences

You can't just say “epistemic status: garbage” and then hope your words don’t have consequences

Especially online, where everything you write is forever and can be damaging a person’s reputation, mental health, and ability to do good until the singularity.

This isn’t to say you shouldn’t criticise. But you should publicly criticize when you have decent evidence and arguments, not when it’s just hearsay, vibe, anonymous sources, or any other form of terrible epistemics.

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