Epistemic Scoundrels Mega-Thread

[Extreme Z7]

@Leo Gura That's fine. I was partially joking anyway.

[gambler]

watch till the very very end.

Edited April 10 by gambler

[Terell Kirby]

 

[Terell Kirby]

 

 

[Leo Gura]

@Terell Kirby I dunno. Should an outright fraud/criminal be called an epistemic scoundrel?

Hmmmm....

[Terell Kirby]

2 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Should an outright fraud/criminal be called an epistemic scoundrel?

Depends on how much they believe their own bullshit I guess .

[Leo Gura]

I think to qualify as an epistemic scoundrel one has to deal in some way in creating knowledge-like content.

An epistemic scoundrel is one who pisses in the epistemic ecosystem more so that just lies to cover up a crime.

So Elon Musk is an epistemic scoundrel because he pollutes the information ecology through Twitter on a large scale, spreading misinformation and right-wing propaganda.

FoxNews is the shining beacon of epistemic scoundrelry.

This is an important clarification. I'm glad we sorted it out.

Epistemic scoundrels create careers out of poisoning the information ecology! -- that's the proper definition. They profiteer off of poisoning minds. It's a special category of evil. Ho-ho! Epistemic evil! What a concept! This just hit me!

I just invented Epistemic Evil

Edited April 10 by Leo Gura

[Terell Kirby]

Pollution of the epistemic ecosystem- yes .. hallmark trait of a scoundrel of this sort.

 

[AION]

 

[Princess Arabia]

46 minutes ago, Terell Kirby said:

 

 

Had to look her up. Couldn't believe her story. She reminds me of a female Mark Zuckerberg.

[Terell Kirby]

 

 

Edited April 10 by Terell Kirby

[integral]

Boob Job co-opting survival.

Do boobs pollute the epistemic ecosystem?

Edited April 10 by integral

[integral]

51 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I just invented Epistemic Evil

Your an epistemic pioneer  

Edited April 10 by integral

[Yimpa]

@integral 

[Leo Gura]

43 minutes ago, integral said:

Your an epistemic pioneer  

Actualized.org is the epistemic Oregon Trail. Pray you don't get dysentery or we leave you out for the wolves.

[Staples]

 

We're all scoundrels. 

Edited Thursday at 04:35 AM by Staples

[gambler]

1 hour ago, Staples said:

 

We're all scoundrels. 

Facts. No one is above self deception but there are special cases, or like Leo said, superspreaders of poison. 

Edited Thursday at 05:58 AM by gambler

[Willie]

3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

@Terell Kirby I dunno. Should an outright fraud/criminal be called an epistemic scoundrel?

Hmmmm....

Trump was posted…

[mmKay]

9 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I think to qualify as an epistemic scoundrel one has to deal in some way in creating knowledge-like content.

 

Olimpic levels of mental gymnastics are requiered, AKA Whatifalthist, conspiracy theorists, religious fanatics, cult-people...

Edited Thursday at 12:13 PM by mmKay

[Leo Gura]

6 hours ago, Willie said:

Trump was posted…

Trump def qualifies because of how much bullshit he spreads. He dumps horseshit into the epistemic pool by the truckload.