Antiepistemics

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Antiepistemics (a.k.a. The Dark Arts) is applied antiepistemology, i.e. the practice of obscuring truth and promoting false beliefs. It encompasses all of the following:

• denialism
• discussion trolling
• obscurantism
• political framing
• propaganda
• rhetorical deception, distortion, manipulation, spin

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