Wow, the term 'epistemically humble' is ingenious really. I don't have to listen to any critics at all, not because I'm a narcissist, oh no, but because I'm so 'epistemically humble' no one could possibly have anything left to teach me!
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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Can you explain it to me? I found epistemology is the study of knowledge. So 'epistemically humble’ means they are humble according to our understanding of knowledge? Probably not.
I think they're claiming that they are aware of the potential issues in how knowledge is produced (bias, unconscious or not)....but they think that they are uniquely humble and aware of all the issues, they certainly aren't influenced by ideology, and they aren't susceptible to the same logical fallacies as everyone else.
Old: epistemic humility
Bold: epistemic humiliation
"I no longer believe that effective altruism and democracy are compatible".
Anywhoo, did not know the scaling of voting power to karma before. Interesting.
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Works the same on LessWrong.