Would you notice if you were living through an intellectual dark age? Most likely not. The authorities you would rely on to tell you if you were, would most likely be the problem themselves. Read my new essay on knowledge production here: https://samoburja.com/knowledge-production-and-intellectual-legitimacy/ … 1/n
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The most intellectually productive processes do not produce intellectual legitimacy by default. An informal debate over coffee between two physicists might be extremely intellectually productive in the objective sense, yet remain totally opaque and illegible to others. 2/n
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Such insights would have to be converted into some medium other than lively conversation to be recognized as legitimate, authoritative knowledge. Consider that Paul Erdős’ true genius was living a life full of these sorts of conversations, then rendering them legible. 3/n
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an incredible mind i miss in person visits greatly
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