Sanjana is good in his Dis info space, but he creates a lot of issues by talking about things he has no expertise in. He is not an expert in extremism or politics. This overreach contributes to information trust issues

they might be starseeds ROFL

Problem is in a demographic there is always a small contingent that will hold these views, they also know how to optics manage. A wake up call nonetheless

Epistemic trespassing is good in research spaces in various fields but not on the public platform about things like health, extremism and serious issues its 😣😵‍💫. Too many folks opine the information battle but don't think about how they themselves feed it. Love Ballantynes work.

this is complete fallacy re the GCSB

there is no lone wolf theory. Scholars in the field have known this for years and all of a sudden, it's treated as news. So many new "experts' overstepping.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOek... follow Paul he is in NZ and boots on the ground

you are not in New Zealand anymore I understand

There is and it exploded at the beginning of the pandemic. Epistemic trespassing

Epistemic trespassing is ruining so many things.

Part of the erosion of acceptance of an 'objective' reality and mistrust of expertise.

Epistemic trespassers judge matters outside their field of expertise. Trespassing is ubiquitous in this age of interdisciplinary research and recognizing this will require us to be more intellectually modest. (Ballantyne, Nathan. Epistemic Trespassing. Mind. 2019 Apr; 128(510):1-29.)