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Orrex

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1. Ask 1000 random people for a definition of "epistemology"

Reply to grantcart (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:56 AM

Dec 2017

I'd estimate that about 925 will have no idea, 25 will guess that it's a surgical procedure involving the perineum, 25 will think that it's something to do with letter-based fiction, and 25 will know what it is.

I agree that Trump represents an attack on reason and the process of rational thought, and his drooling idiot racist supporters are happy to engage in that fight, but if you open with "epistemology," then you'll only reach people who are already in the choir.

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In Trumpism epistomology was the first casualty, and why there is still hope. [View all] grantcart Dec 2017 OP

Ask 1000 random people for a definition of "epistemology" Orrex Dec 2017 #1

I've had discussions with two people who studied theology. DetlefK Dec 2017 #2