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   On Tue, 9 Jul 2024, W. Greenhouse wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024, Richmond wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "W. Greenhouse"  writes:   
   >>>   
   >>>> D  writes:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Found this article and thought that you might be interested. What will   
   >>>>> happen when we no longer have a shared world of facts which we can   
   >>>>> refer to?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> When was this not the case?   
   >>>   
   >>> When you collide with someone.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> When you jump off a cliff? Oh, that would be another case of   
   >> colliding. ;) I am fascinated by people who argue there are no facts   
   >> and no eternal world for two reasons.   
   >>   
   >> 1. They tend to hurt when they hit a rock.   
   >>   
   >> 2. They have never managed to disprove the world.   
   >>   
   >> 3. Even if they do not believe in the world and facts, they still seem   
   >> pretty intent on arguing their point with other people, even though   
   >> there is no point to argue. ;)   
   >   
   > I don't argue that there are no facts, but that allegations of epistemic   
   > crisis/the end of literacy/[insert moral panic about the youth, the   
   > times, and their lack of morals] are everpresent, and oversold. Have   
   > been since Cicero at least.   
   >   
      
   Thank you for the clarification. What do you think indicates that we are   
   doing better than ever when it comes to epistemic crisis?   
      
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