epistemic responsibility
4 essaysLOOM XVIII: It's the End of Positivism as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
Why AI masters our most rigorous methods first, and what that leaves for humans to do
"Everyone expected AI to come for qualitative research first. The reverse is happening: rigorous quantitative methods automate first, and judgment is what stays human."
read essay →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."
read essay →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?"
read essay →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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