Make Your Damn Bed

1653 || it's not a debate


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Today is the finale of our series on street epistemology, and we're digging into what NOT to do.


  1. Wonder: The big question.
  2. Hypothesis: The interlocutor's proposed answer to the question.
  3. Elenchus: Question and answer to discover what other reasonable propositions are likely to be true that refute the hypothesis. Proceed by mutual agreement at every step - elenchus is not a debate.
  4. Accept or Revise: Refine or revise the hypothesis - either without vulnerability to that elenchus, with reduced confidence, or even rejecting it. On the other hand, if the hypothesis survives repeated attempts at elenchus, provisionally accept it.
  5. Act accordingly: Reduce confidence in and reliance on the hypothesis that is refuted by elenchus.


Read about the brain in a vat argument.

Read about The Teapot Analogy.

Read: On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit

Read Perth Skeptics collection of street epistemology resources.

Read Berkeley's "Bridging Differences Playbook"


Visit the Street Epistemology Website.

Read the Wikipedia on Street Epistemology.


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