Echo chambers and epistemic bubbles Abstract Discussion of the phenomena of post-truth and fake news often implicates the closed epistemic networks of social media. The recent conversation has, however, blurred two distinct social epistemic phenomena. An epistemic bubble is a social epistemic structure in which other relevant voices have been left out, perhaps accidentally. An … Continue reading Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles C Thi Nguyen (2018)
To discredit someone means to cause them to lose people’s respect or trust. We acquire most of our knowledge by accepting the beliefs of those people or institutions we trust, so discrediting authority figures or institutions is one of the most effective, though immoral, ways of opposing an idea. In practicing Conversational Leadership, we should … Continue reading Discrediting People ** Cause them to lose the respect or trust of others
Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and epistemic bubbles are confusing concepts and are often conflated, but they are distinct concepts. Filter Bubbles A filter bubble is a term used to describe the phenomenon of intellectual isolation that occurs when websites use algorithms to selectively present information to us based on their past behavior, such as their … Continue reading Filter Bubbles, Epistemic Bubbles and Echo Chambers Distort the reality of the world
