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STICKING YOUR LOGICAL HEAD UP YOUR ILLOGICAL ASS

A new term. Epistemic Closure.

It is everywhere. And used mostly to describe conservative Republicans. Here is a long, tedious explanation of what it means.

Will the Real Epistemic Closure Please Stand Up

I love terms like this. I will probably not use the term but I love the discussion.

This article tells on and on what it is NOT and what it is. After lines and lines of blather it comes up with this.

You may not want to wander into this deep grass but let's say that this term, epistemic closure, can describe the right's view of climate change, evolution, the effects of taxation (trickle down), and many other issues which now have been so thoroughly drained of actual logic that they are walking in a thoughtless desert.

The latest example is the case where the Republican leadership actually thought that the public would like the Ryan budget proposal which tampered with Medicaire. They even believed it despite strong data from their own polling people.

What GOP Leaders Were Thinking on Medicare

You will note that this argues that epistemic closure was not to blame in this case but the articles argument illuminates the point.

Deeper grass.

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