There's a possible distinction between people who epistemically trespass because they under-estimate the importance of domain knowledge/expertise, and over-estimate their abilities, and those who trespass because they have become primarily political in their viewpoint, and wish to bring that lens to other areas (which they confuse as bringing their expertise to a subject*). In the latter group, there is a problem with an enforced groupthink, which has worsened due to social signalling on social media platforms.
*They would not make the distinction between their politics and their expertise themselves.
Now I can be an epistemic trespassing expert on Twitter lol! Seriously thank you for sharing this because I’ve never heard the term before and it certainly applies. Thank you so much for your wisdom and reasonable discussions. I learn and enjoy!
>> "The obvious wins in this area have undoubtedly come from the UKs self described data nerds. A whole ecosystem of people with backgrounds in maths or unrelated data analysis came together to interrogate and dissect the UKs unrivalled wealth of high quality, open access data."
This seems very generic and doesn't provide specifics . There are some scientific disciplines that are very welcoming to amateurs, such as astronomy. Other areas such as climate science are very wary to outsiders due to the number of contrarians willing to undermine progress.
There's a possible distinction between people who epistemically trespass because they under-estimate the importance of domain knowledge/expertise, and over-estimate their abilities, and those who trespass because they have become primarily political in their viewpoint, and wish to bring that lens to other areas (which they confuse as bringing their expertise to a subject*). In the latter group, there is a problem with an enforced groupthink, which has worsened due to social signalling on social media platforms.
*They would not make the distinction between their politics and their expertise themselves.
Now I can be an epistemic trespassing expert on Twitter lol! Seriously thank you for sharing this because I’ve never heard the term before and it certainly applies. Thank you so much for your wisdom and reasonable discussions. I learn and enjoy!
>> "The obvious wins in this area have undoubtedly come from the UKs self described data nerds. A whole ecosystem of people with backgrounds in maths or unrelated data analysis came together to interrogate and dissect the UKs unrivalled wealth of high quality, open access data."
This seems very generic and doesn't provide specifics . There are some scientific disciplines that are very welcoming to amateurs, such as astronomy. Other areas such as climate science are very wary to outsiders due to the number of contrarians willing to undermine progress.