Truth Decay: Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis (2018)
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The RAND report 'Truth Decay' explores the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public discourse, with the sole commenter suggesting that the crisis is inherent to the current epistemological framework.
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Marshferm
about 2 months ago
This was just fashion. The epistemological crisis is built in the essential formatting.
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