The nervousness of democrats before this epistemic crisis is partly based on a widespread assumption that the idea of democracy depends on the value of truth. But even this assumption has a cost. Sadly, the democratic tendency to overemphasise the value of truth enters into conflict with other democratic demands. This leads us into contradictions that become fodder for the enemies of open societies.
Science is neither a collection of facts nor merely a process, but rather the combination of both. All at once, science is simultaneously the full suite of knowledge that we gain from observing, measuring, and performing experiments that test the Universe, as well as the process through which we perform those investigations and refine our conclusions based on an ever-increasing set of data.
As such, Trump Media has expanded its offerings in the hopes of attracting more customers, including a new artificial intelligence search tool, in partnership with Perplexity, that frequently contradicts many of Trump's own statements. But the most peculiar of these bonus features may be Truth+, an entire streaming service available, mostly, for free. Of all the cash-intensive goodies now made available to Trump's most die-hard stans, the Truth+ streamer is the most elaborate and overlooked.
It's a privilege being an actor as it allows me to explore the realities of journalists like Anna Politkovskaya from a safe distance, realizing their extraordinary bravery.