Epidemic of Knowingness

Both sides act as if the facts are already settled whilst not agreeing on the facts.

Chris Williamson , Joe Rogan Experience episode # 2293 [2:37:00]

This insight opens up a fascinating discussion between Joe and Chris (in the final 10 minutes) about what “thinking differently” (or even uniquely) actually means — which Chris refers to as a willingness to experience a “lonely chapter” in life.

These are the people who give it to me straight

… and I think that that’s, that’s a thing that is maybe it’s possible because of social media, … um, I think it’s also just the Internet more broadly, I mean I think podcasting is obviously a huge — an important — part of that too, … um, I mean I don’t know to what extent you feel like you kind of got to be large … like, because of social media or just it’s, or just the podcasting platforms that you used.

Joe Rogan Experience, Episode 2255: “Mark Zuckerberg” (46:55 – 47:20) [ https://joerogan.com ]

See also “Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief and of knowledge and opinion (and other basic literacy skills)” [ https://socio.business.blog/2025/01/12/generally-speaking-facts-are-independent-of-belief-and-of-knowledge-and-opinion-and-other-basic-literacy-skills ]