being knowledgeable and well practiced at a certain task or on a certain subject doesn't mean you're knowledgeable about other things, and I think its fair to assume that most people discuss things they have less than perfect knowledge of. I mean, were on a shitposting communism site, how much of Capital have you read? How organized is your local militia?
I agree that "most people discuss things they have less than perfect knowledge of" but what you originally threw out was "everyone is just bullshitting." sometimes people aren't bullshitting and they are actually competent and well-intentioned.
Well I meant just in general and I did say I was especially talking about online personalities. But now that you mention it even the most skilled and well intentioned engineer would in fact be bullshitting if they claimed to have a priori knowledge of a sewer before it is built because the creative force put into the sewer contributes to its total being
I respectfully disagree that it is "epistemologically impossible to not be full of shit"
somebody, somewhere always ends up doing real work.
Yes, but I assure you that that work involves a suprising amount of incompetent flailing about by said skilled people.
that's inevitable when you're trying to do/make/say something new. very different from "bullshitting"
Yes, the bullshitting comes when you realise upper management must never, ever know about said flailing.
being knowledgeable and well practiced at a certain task or on a certain subject doesn't mean you're knowledgeable about other things, and I think its fair to assume that most people discuss things they have less than perfect knowledge of. I mean, were on a shitposting communism site, how much of Capital have you read? How organized is your local militia?
I agree that "most people discuss things they have less than perfect knowledge of" but what you originally threw out was "everyone is just bullshitting." sometimes people aren't bullshitting and they are actually competent and well-intentioned.
amazing I know
Well I meant just in general and I did say I was especially talking about online personalities. But now that you mention it even the most skilled and well intentioned engineer would in fact be bullshitting if they claimed to have a priori knowledge of a sewer before it is built because the creative force put into the sewer contributes to its total being