#philosophy # [[Epistemic status]] [[Book]]s # Philosophaster Or bullshiters. [[lesswrong.com]] has many I believe, you know the guy which throw a lot of jargon from wide range of domain and having his argument ending up in a nonsense mess. When I started reading [[Edgar Morin]] I had this feeling too, but there is some things that makes sense in what he says though. I want to avoid at all costs becoming a philosophaster anyway. I guess one must use proper [[Logic|logic]] and [[Empiricism|empirical]] evidence in its arguments. Sticking to simpleness, [[Occam razor]], not complexity. [[Feynman]] could explain stuff in simple words, just like [[Bertrand Russell]] or [[Biology/Matt Ridley|Ridley]]. [[Nassim Taleb|Taleb]] almost fall into the philosophaster trap, but after a few [[Shower thoughts]], and reading his books 5 times or more, you end up understanding ;).