Some new #Issuepedia pages (pol-, if that wasn't obvious):

• minors having to cross state lines for life-saving procedures - this is where the edit-rabbithole started
• The Shirley Exception
• origin of The Shirley Exception
• Leopards ate my face
• privilege blindness (short)
• personal exceptionalism (shorter)
• legendary freeloader

@woozle I was just going to ping you into this thread.

Do your own research (DYOR) seems to me a sophistical retort as typically used. I was just checking to see if Issuepedia had a similar entry, though it doesn't seem to: https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?search=do+your+own+research&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go

What DYOR does is:

• Deny the validity of reputable or accepted sources.
• Put all sources on equivalent footing.
• Impose an undue burden on the audience.
• Relieve the source from having to be dilligent, reliable, or credible themselves. "We report, you decide."

Trust is an essential component of any epistomological system. Each individual member cannot individually verify all facts independently. Trust is the extension of belief beyond, but not in opposition to, evidence.

The etymological root of trust is the PIE root *deru- "strong, firm, steadfast", which I find illuminating. https://www.etymonline.com/word/trust

This isn't to say that spot verification or presentation of refuting evidence is unnecessary or bad. Both are good practices. But there's a difference between "question everything" (implied: "at all times"), and "Be prepared to question everything."

Trust saves a phenomenal level of effort, at a small and controllable level of risk. Where trust is found to be unwarranted, it is withdrawn. Those promoting DYOR very often rely on absolutely untrustworthy sources.

@vortex_egg

#trust #epistemology #issuepedia #dyor #DoYourOwnResearch #sophistry

@vortex_egg I'd forgotten I'd included that (hazard of writing a lot over time), and now am curious as to what's in it...

@woozle has also created/curated what I refer to (though apparently nobody else) as "The #Woozleplex", a set of wikis on what I see as a pretty tightly interrelated set of concerns.

#Issuepedia is probably most germain to the topic here:
https://issuepedia.org/Issuepedia:Mission

@seachaint @kensanata

New #issuepedia page on a favorite topic 'round these parts: https://issuepedia.org/TERF