@epochemagazine Logicians have this one problem: their vehicle of reasoning is language, and their concept of truth is not one that can take advantage of the technical space of human reasoning. In both cases the agent is "in the loop", but in the 2nd most often directly so.

To be fair, the question of "technology readiness" addresses the problem of technology out of its usual context of experience. Here, the analogy to the systemic limits of induction is strong.
#epistemology

The 1997 forecast for 2002 was reasonable, rigorous, and completely wrong. One black swan — September 11 — erased every trend line. This is the rule, not the exception.

https://onlys.ky/black-swan/

#Futurism #BlackSwan #Forecasting #CriticalThinking #Epistemology

Why we'll always be terrible at predicting the future

In which we introduce a new project about predicting the future by saying it can't be done.

OnlySky

Pop-therapy speak is problematic because it dilutes the “epistemic authority” and therefore efficacy of actual-therapy speech 👇

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Qikw7JfoVTJimBnJ93fDa?si=iQ-EDGckRMKEsbnFnPeKhQ&pi=_UxA196YS2KeI&t=0

#therapyspeak #pop #diagnosis #transpersonal #psychology #mentalhealth #narratives #narcisissm #gaslighting #biopsychosocial #epistemology #philosophy #culture #bypassing

which I appreciate – as someone who tends to flagrantly over-indulge in pop-therapy speech –because it is essentially in the same category as over/mis-diagnosis, 1/n 🧵

Therapy-Speak is Worse Than You Think

Spotify
🔍 Lecture 01 — The Art of Understanding
Before we teach machines to reason, we should ask ourselves: what is knowledge, really?
This opening lecture steps back from the algorithms and starts with first principles.
It's the philosophical foundation the rest of the course is built on. Bring your curiosity. Leave your assumptions at the door.
#KDAI2026 #AI #Epistemology #DataToKnowledge #SemanticWeb #KnowledgeRepresentation #MachineLearning #PhilosophyOfAI @fizise @fiz_karlsruhe

⛓️Trapped in your own #consciousness🧠? – Why #solipsism becomes the most radical #limitsofknowledge

In the #Zoomposium with #GerhardRoth, it becomes clear: The real challenge isn’t just what consciousness is—but how far we can actually perceive with it.

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2021/12/05/wie-wirklich-ist-bewusstsein/

📺https://youtu.be/0LG4gU_jfik

#Neurophilosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #Epistemology #Neuroscience #Cognition #Self #Subjectivity #HardProblem #ExplanatoryGap #Reality #Actuality

I created a scientifically convincing image that is completely wrong.
It uses real physics.
Real terminology.
Real structure.
And it still fails reality.
Here’s how—and how to spot it yourself.

https://substack.com/profile/432224148-hybridmind42/note/c-246229299?r=75c2ac

#CriticalThinking #Misinformation #ScienceCommunication #AI #HybridMind42 #SystemsThinking #DigitalLiteracy #Epistemology #Truth

Hybridmind42 (@hybridmind42)

I created a scientifically convincing image that is completely wrong. It uses real physics. Real terminology. Real structure. And it still fails reality. Here’s how—and how to spot it yourself. https://hybridmind42.substack.com/p/the-grain-of-truth-how-convincing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

Substack

this is one of those ballads I learned as a kid, but as an adult, it's only gotten better. how much about the nature of love, attention, and meaning does it cram into just a few verses?

what is it that makes them a true love? 😗 just let it sink in

#epistemology

James Ladyman and I agree that language is a fundamental impediment to understanding – and this includes notions of reality.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/everything-must-go?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

So, of course, I wrote about it. There is no spoon. A link to his interview is in the article, where I compare and contrast his Everything Must Go and my own The Architecture of Encounter.

#philosophy #blog #podcast #language #science #reality #perception #metaphysics #physics #ontology #ontologicalgrammar #realism #epistemology #books