epistemic responsibility
3 essaysLOOM · XVII
LOOM XVII: The Polanyi Inversion
What Happens When We Can Tell More Than We Know
"Polanyi's paradox: we know more than we can tell. AI inverts this — we can now tell more than we know. When friction dissolves, articulation outruns understanding."
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LOOM XVI: Are You Climbing the Right Hill?
When Rigor Becomes the Wrong Kind of More
"A researcher discovers that optimizing a research design with AI created a local maximum — five stages of performed rigor on the wrong hill. What happens when you bring a task instead of a doubt?"
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Epistemic Voids #1: Citation Theater
When papers become props
"AI thesis writing gone wrong — a viral workflow generates claims first, retrofits citations as evidence. Surface markers of academic rigor, none of the depth."
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