Lies and Honest Mistakes
by Richard V Reeves
Our crisis of public knowledge is an ethical crisis. Rewarding 'truthfulness' above 'truth' is a step towards a solution. Making more effort often means turning to a higher-quality news source than your Facebook feed. The point is not to disprove one claim and prove another. It is to cast doubt over all claims. The world is a complex place, and the search for simplicity is very often what gets us into trouble.
Read Online: https://aeon.co/essays/our-epistemic-crisis-is-essentially-ethical-and-so-are-its-solutions?
by Richard V Reeves
Our crisis of public knowledge is an ethical crisis. Rewarding 'truthfulness' above 'truth' is a step towards a solution. Making more effort often means turning to a higher-quality news source than your Facebook feed. The point is not to disprove one claim and prove another. It is to cast doubt over all claims. The world is a complex place, and the search for simplicity is very often what gets us into trouble.
Read Online: https://aeon.co/essays/our-epistemic-crisis-is-essentially-ethical-and-so-are-its-solutions?
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