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How should a normal person decide what's true?: Network epistemology
The simulation that broke both stories In 2010, three philosophers of science ran simulations of how beliefs move through investigator communities. Agents experimented, shared results, updated.... Where did COVID actually come from?: Epistemic process
Fifty days in February 19, 2020. Fifty days after the first reported cases. Twenty-seven scientists published a Lancet statement: "We strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting COVID-19 does not have a natural origin." No data. No evidence cited....