Making a haiku, Doubting my syllable count, Such a silly thing.

Doing needs knowledge. And yet knowledge needs doing. Time to start doing.

Data collected. Theories formed into models. The aim, to find truth.

What epistemic method does your field use to demarcate true theories from false ones? I’m guessing some will be similar to the hard sciences, with reliance on error calculations, but I suspect most fields are essentially Kuhnian and rely on ‘consensus’ or the intuition of ‘leaders’ in the field.

If the washer/dryer were invented today: This will free millions from backbreaking domestic labor! Think of the time gains for education, civic life, creative pursuits or simply rest. The laundry industry will thrive! We’ll need technicians, factories, new soaps, supply chains. Everyone wins!

Excellent strategy: don’t beg incumbent institutions to change, just make their failures obvious.

The most important thing to remember as one listens to the buzz of the meta-science hive after Trumps nonsensical Science EO:

Peer review (the goalkeeper also has a peg leg and an eye patch.

Can one use an epistemic system to judge the epistemic value of itself? A brainstorm into the void of my Bluesky alt…

Mathematics and Philosophy underly every field of human knowledge. Deepening your understanding of either will deepen your understanding of any higher-level knowledge. They are the foundation, so make sure they’re deep enough to hold weight.

Great paper containing a critique of theory using Lakatosian epistemology. Solid epistemology is the way out of our current scientific malaise.