It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a wacky idea, must be in want of an X account. Most of us can agree that social media in America promotes a lot of wacky stuff. There are, of course, some instances in which social media provides constructive content. Facebook groups provide useful information to members. TikTok and Instagram sometimes provide video from events that lend useful context to situations. But by and large, there’s a lot of foolishness on social media, running the gamut from the silly to the dangerous to the evil.

Cultural critics routinely decry the potential harm of social media, particularly when consumed by young people via smartphones. But there’s a bigger, more destructive aspect that receives far less attention. The epistemology of so

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