Agreed. The trend of writing “Epistemic status” as one of the first things in a post without a definition or explanation (kudos to Lizka for including one) has bothered me for some time. It immediately and unnecessarily alienates readers by making them feel like they need to be familiar with the esoteric word “epistemic”, which usually has nothing to do with the rest of the post.
Would be happy to see this frequent jargon replaced with something like “How much you should trust me”, “Author confidence” or “Post status” (maybe there’s a better phrase, just some examples that come to mind).
Agreed. The trend of writing “Epistemic status” as one of the first things in a post without a definition or explanation (kudos to Lizka for including one) has bothered me for some time. It immediately and unnecessarily alienates readers by making them feel like they need to be familiar with the esoteric word “epistemic”, which usually has nothing to do with the rest of the post.
Would be happy to see this frequent jargon replaced with something like “How much you should trust me”, “Author confidence” or “Post status” (maybe there’s a better phrase, just some examples that come to mind).