To the extent that your summary of the “pro” case is accurate, particularly “Epistemics are the most important thing”, I find it deeply ironic and sad that all of the commentary, besides one comment from Carl Shulman (and my own), seems to be about what people should do, rather than what is actually true. One would hope that people pushing “epistemics are the most important thing” would want to rely on true facts when pushing their argument.
There are a few more threads I ideally want to write here about what I think was going on in here. I’m not 100% sure whether I endorse your implied argument but think there was something to unravel here in the space you’re pointing at.
To the extent that your summary of the “pro” case is accurate, particularly “Epistemics are the most important thing”, I find it deeply ironic and sad that all of the commentary, besides one comment from Carl Shulman (and my own), seems to be about what people should do, rather than what is actually true. One would hope that people pushing “epistemics are the most important thing” would want to rely on true facts when pushing their argument.
There are a few more threads I ideally want to write here about what I think was going on in here. I’m not 100% sure whether I endorse your implied argument but think there was something to unravel here in the space you’re pointing at.