What did you expect with “Very partisan / opinionated”? I don’t think that’s how the average academic expert would preface his professional position if academics would be in the habit of stating the epistemic status.
I was hoping that “very partisan” would signal that I recognize there are a sizable chunk of people with very different views on the subject, and that recognition indicates some kind of epistemic humility. I was wrong about that, and in the future I’ll try to indicate that more explicitly.
What did you expect with “Very partisan / opinionated”? I don’t think that’s how the average academic expert would preface his professional position if academics would be in the habit of stating the epistemic status.
I was not asking for a signal “I am not an academic.” I was asking for a signal “don’t take this too seriously, dear reader.”
There is a big difference between having strong opinions and being wrong.
I was hoping that “very partisan” would signal that I recognize there are a sizable chunk of people with very different views on the subject, and that recognition indicates some kind of epistemic humility. I was wrong about that, and in the future I’ll try to indicate that more explicitly.