The feeling that the methods used by experts to gain knowledge are so complex and inaccessible that they might as well be magic. It’s the sense of alienation a non-coder feels when looking at a wall of Python script, or a layperson feels when reading a dense statistical analysis. This alienation can foster resentment and a belief that the experts are hiding something behind their complicated jargon, rather than simply using necessary tools.
Example: "Looking at the climate models, I felt a wave of Methodological Alienation. It was all Greek to me, so I just assumed they were making it up."
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Example: "After falling down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, he wasn't just confused, he was in a state of Epistemological Alienation, unable to trust any fact whatsoever."
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Example: "His distrust of the CDC isn't based on data; it's a deep Scientific Alienation, a feeling that those labs have nothing to do with his real life."
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“He’s never beating the gay allegations”
“He’s never beating the gay allegations”
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Person 1 “Did you hear that Dave was sentenced for a false rape allegation”
Person 2 “ really, poor man hope he gets the justice he deserves
Person 2 “ really, poor man hope he gets the justice he deserves
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wow look at that allianation i wish we were as cool as them.
we never win the useless talent show because the allianation ALWAYS win!
we never win the useless talent show because the allianation ALWAYS win!
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