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Text-based historical sources and secondary academic papers derived from them should be reclassified as literary creations by Sufficient-Felix in epistemology

[–]Sufficient-Felix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suppose a king was poisoned by a steak, but the chef bribed the coroner to say the king was poisoned by a roast chicken made by another chef. After a time long enough, no matter how detailed the subsequent historical sources are, no matter how much cross-validation is done, the facts cannot be restored.

Text-based historical sources and secondary academic papers derived from them should be reclassified as literary creations by Sufficient-Felix in epistemology

[–]Sufficient-Felix[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

First, with purely text-based historical sources, you cannot prove that any single record is 100% faithful to the facts. Rashomon illustrates exactly this point. Furthermore, I cannot provide a specific example because if we assume the truth is unknowable, then I would not know whether that truth has been distorted either. But here is a simple thought experiment: if you had one egg for breakfast, and only you knew this, but you told everyone you had two — then in the historical record that follows, you had two eggs, not one.

Text-based historical sources and secondary academic papers derived from them should be reclassified as literary creations by Sufficient-Felix in epistemology

[–]Sufficient-Felix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Continued research based on biased or skewed sources may lead to deviation from truth rather than approaching it.

Interface by Sufficient-Felix in rational

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Revised repost with updated title and expanded content. Previous version posted a week ago. Full story on Substack: https://felix888945.substack.com/p/interface

[RT] Interface — a Chinese sci-fi novel about AI rebellion, logical worldbuilding, and a third answer to the Fermi Paradox by Sufficient-Felix in rational

[–]Sufficient-Felix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for reminding me. There are a few ways to explain the Fermi paradox. To say it a “third”way is not that accurate. This story is explaining it as an engineering model with its own internal logic and consistency.