This is a discussion of what I call Applied Epistemology (a term I’ve adopted from Holden Karnofsky).
A lot of my thoughts on this topic are taken from Eliezer Yudkowsky’s writings. I’ve added my own thoughts and am trying to shape the ideas in a way that makes them easier to wrap my head around, but I would not claim much originality here.
I also have done some but not enough research on different philosophical works on epistemology. That will be part of the ongoing exploration here. Still, while further research goes on, I think it’s useful to provide a current state of my thoughts on epistemology, and how we can apply it in our lives.