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Epistemic

A stand-in name for a generally very cool guy, liked by all.
Oh I really liked him, he's very Epistemic like.
by Bing Chilling The Third February 4, 2023
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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"
by 7154b22954f68d626c891921a6a5e0 January 12, 2019
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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.
by YAWA September 2, 2017
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epistemophilic

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

Basically everyone in the Health Category who is in a complete panic about getting the Swine Flu.
coolchick35: A mexican man coughed on me today, do i have swine flu?!?

Answerer #1: omggzzz gets to the hispitals nowss.

Answerer #2: Thanks for the 2 points!

Answerer #3: B!tch! my mothers mexican!

Answerer #4: *sigh*Just calm down everyone! Your making it worse by panicking! this must be this yahoo answers swine epidemic again..

(answerer #4 gets 15 thumbs down)
by pigLoverr April 29, 2009
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elitemichael

A very good YouTuber that definitely should have a million subs and a billion Dollars
Anden:You should go sub to EliteMichael on YouTube.

Hunter:I know right!
by Vsgshhs May 25, 2019
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boyfriend epidemic

When all the pussy in the residence hall is taken by random douchebags who live out of state.
Damn, there are so many hot chicks here. Too bad there is a fucking boyfriend epidemic.
by dlcopperfield September 28, 2009
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