Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow — LessWrong
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Introduction First they came for the epistemology/we don’t know what happened after that. …
x Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow — LessWrong Best of LessWrong 2024 Decoupling vs Contextualizing Epistemology Rationality Curated 278 Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow by Elizabeth 27th May 2024 20 min read 18 278 Introduction First they came for the epistemology/we don’t know what happened after that. I’m fairly antagonistic towards the author of that tweet, but it still resonates deep in my soul. Anything I want to do, anything I want to change, rests on having contact with reality. If I don’t have enough, I might as well be pushing buttons
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