Welcome To The Epistemic Playground - by Judah - Be Wrong

the great game of writing online + the players + why it is good

I've heard a number of arguments for why more people should start a blog. And this week, Scott Alexander published an essay on The Philosophical and Psychological Basis for Internet Poasting. Except he didn't call it that. Which is a shame. Because the "Epistemic Minor Leagues" is a misleading (and kinda insulting) moniker for the services provided by all the lovely folk behind our favourite newsletters and blogs. Implying that they are somehow a lesser form of the "Big Leagues" of academia or Science™. A description I think is plain wrong. Because this a completely different game. With…

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