#rationality #epistemology # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # The danger of consuming audio & visual Epistemically unstable information #to-digest Consumption of audio & visual [[Information|information]] where humanity's [[The Map is not the Territory|map of the territory]] is full of gaps, such as history, health, ecology, etc. is very dangerous, because you don't have time to check [[Empiricism|empirical]] evidence unlike on written [[Information|information]], so you can build ir[[Rationality|rational]] beliefs based on spurious correlation and/or error of statistics that are very frequent. That's why I tend not to consume audio & visual information about these topics, and rather prefer either #metaphysical like art, or idk, things about space travel, AI, tech, whatever cannot mess your beliefs. # External links