Crony Beliefs — new Melting Asphalt post on epistemic legitimacy vs. epistemic corruption http://www.meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/
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Replying to @KevinSimler
excellent piece, but the "J'accuse" section is flawed—based on true/false we can take action to protect our children in future
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Replying to @matbalez
thanks Mat. I don't think my reasoning is flawed though, because no _individual_ can fix things (for their kids) on their own.
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Replying to @KevinSimler
there is plenty individuals can do eg: (1) vote for pols that will enact legislation (2) behavior change (eg go vegetarian)
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Replying to @matbalez
but the pragmatic EV on those actions is 0. (Actually negative when you account for the costs.)
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Replying to @KevinSimler
you don't think an individual going vegetarian leads to direct positive value that reduces risk of climate change?
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infinitesimal positive value
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