Sometimes there are articles I want to share, like this one, where I don’t generally trust the author and they may have quite (what I consider) wrong views overall but I really like some of their writing. On one hand, sharing the parts I like without crediting the author seems 1) intellectually / epistemically dishonest and 2) unfair to the author. On the other hand, providing a lot of disclaimers about not generally trusting the author feels weird because I feel uncomfortable publicly describing why I find them untrustworthy.
Not really sure what to do here but flagging it to myself as an issue explicitly seems like it might be useful.
One thing to do could just be to add an “epistemic status” to articles you share, with some being like “interesting writing” or “made me think” and others being like “agree” or “seems basically correct”
Sometimes there are articles I want to share, like this one, where I don’t generally trust the author and they may have quite (what I consider) wrong views overall but I really like some of their writing. On one hand, sharing the parts I like without crediting the author seems 1) intellectually / epistemically dishonest and 2) unfair to the author. On the other hand, providing a lot of disclaimers about not generally trusting the author feels weird because I feel uncomfortable publicly describing why I find them untrustworthy.
Not really sure what to do here but flagging it to myself as an issue explicitly seems like it might be useful.
One thing to do could just be to add an “epistemic status” to articles you share, with some being like “interesting writing” or “made me think” and others being like “agree” or “seems basically correct”
Yeah good idea.