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Epistemic Status 

Culture of origin: lesswrong-adjacent blogging communities

The epistemic status is a short disclaimer at the top of a post that explains how confident the author is in the contents of the post, how much reputation the author is willing to stake on it, what sorts of tests the thesis has passed.

It should give a reader a sense of how seriously they should take the post.
It had "Epistemic Status: Wild off-the-cuff speculation" so I didn't bother to read it. It seemed entertaining, just didn't have time.

He said "Epistemic Status: Would bet at 30:1 odds in favour of the thesis and I probably one of the top 100 theorists in the intersection of the relevant fields" but it still seemed completely insane to me. Heads better roll if/when it turns out to be wrong. Like, I mean it, he should lose all of his social capital. People should stop reading his blog and his eigenkarma should be reset (If he's somehow right though I will be very impressed)

"Epistemic Status: Fiction"
Enisha is an incredible person to be around and an absolute person to meet. She is very loyal, trustworthy, kindhearted and lovely. She is the best girlfriend someone could think of having, because of her small tiny gestures, and her kind nature towards everyone she meets. And believe it or not, she will never leave you and will always be by your side. She is so cute and adorable. She is stunningly gorgeous and if you have met an Enisha then you are surely lucky.
Enisha is very nice and looks stunning like always.
Enisha by Particles May 11, 2019

Einsturzende Neubauten 

Einsturzende Neubauten ("Imploding/Collapsing New Buildings") formed in Berlin, Germany on April 1, 1980, as part of the 'Die Geniale Dillentanten', which was formed to break down all musical conventions.

Many of the members have included Blixa Bargeld. N.U. Unruh, F.M. Einheit, Alexander Van Borsig, Mark Chung, and Rudi Moser, just to name a few (their band line-up is practically a revolving-door complex in some ways)

They are true pioneers of Industrial, generally using and playing real instruments rather than recording them digitally.
1. EN - Not your generic, Industrial act: very Experimental and Avant-Garde

2. Albums include:
"Kollaps" (1981)
"Drawings of Patient O.T" (1983)
"Halber Mensch" (1985)
"Five on the Open-ended Richter Scale" (1987)
"Haus der Luge" (1989)
"Tabula Rasa" (1993)
"Ende Neu" (1996)
"Silence is Sexy" (2000)
"Perpetuum Mobile" (2004)

And many others...

street epistemology 

A non-threatening, often public, discourse; designed to identify, explore and possibly modify deeply held personal beliefs through the use of the Socratic method.
Through my exposure to street epistemology, it became evident to me that faith--as a foundation for sustaining religious belief--is unreliable. How could divergently opposing religious systems expect to use faith as a method of conveying revealed Truth, yet come to mutually incompatible conclusions? Answer: they can not.
street epistemology by YAWA September 2, 2017

Benjamin Einstein 

What you would call a stupid person to make them feel better about themselves.
Albert said, "Yeah I told him he was a regular Benjamin Einstein. He got a big smile on his face and thanked me."
Thomas said laughing, "So did he really think gluing lube to his hand would allow him to masturbate anywhere?"
"Think it! He had already done it!"
"hahahaha"

epistemophilic 

related to epistemophilia which means "love for knowledge" (usually excessive love).
He is an epistemophilic individual ( or has an epistemophilic personality ).
epistemophilic by blalboz January 28, 2012