iow: we tend to retain both greek and victorian ‘grace’ in our philosophical int

iow: we tend to retain both greek and victorian ‘grace’ in our philosophical interpretations of others. It’s a tradition. However, I’ve worked in falsification and the via negativa, meaning I study ignorance, error, bias, wishful thinking, fictionalism, deceit, fraud, denial, projection, accusation, gossiping, rallying, shaming, moralizing, psychologizing… you get the picture.
Turns out that some of us are trying to discover the truth because it’s an advantage to us, but most people are trying to discover an advantage regardless of whether it’s true or not.
And that’s what means democracy cannot survive without limiting public speech in public to the public in matters public, to that which is testifiable. (truthful). Anf for many people they are incapable of disambiguating the differences.

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