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henlobenlo 5 days ago

99% of people have zero epistemic foundation for any of their views so debated on the facts mean nothing

LinuxAmbulance 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

A terrifying amount of views are held on the basis of how good they make the holder feel.

subjectsigma 5 days ago | parent [-]

I don’t think this should be terrifying, this is how it works and how it’s always worked. Understanding this is more helpful than pretending people are rational machines and if they don’t agree with your reasoning, that means they are defective and therefore dangerous.

weregiraffe 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Is "trust science" a good epistemic foundation?