I’m now firmly convinced that fermi estimation aka scientific shitposting (shitestimation?) is the solution to both the epistemic crisis, and the crisis of institutionalized authority.
Been trying to get to be more ambitious with his mission to spread the word 😆
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Also solves Brandolini’s bullshit asymmetry principle (takes 10x effort to refute bullshit as it does to produce it). Fermi estimation can keep up because in a sense it is “better bullshit”
Maybe “good bullshit eats bad bullshit”
Kinda like Ashby’s law of requisite variety
