Inquiry with Kelly Chase How to Inquire: What UFOs & Anomalous Experience Can Teach Us About Epistemic Collapse
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Mar 24, 2026 They unpack a rising epistemic crisis fueled by disclosures from Epstein files to Havana Syndrome and UFOs moving into official discourse. They explore how AI and deepfakes fracture trust in evidence. They highlight people who live between consensus reality and anomalies as guides for asking better questions when shared maps of reality break down.
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Contemporary Events Are Causing Epistemic Shock
- A cascade of recent revelations (Epstein files, Havana Syndrome, directed energy, UFO disclosure) is producing a collective epistemic shock that destabilizes shared reality.
- Kelly Chase ties these disparate events into a single pattern: once-dismissed claims are now mainstream, forcing reevaluation of what counts as plausible evidence.
AI Turns Evidence Into An Unstable Medium
- Advanced AI and deepfakes are eroding trust in visual and testimonial evidence by making realistic fabricated content widespread.
- Chase emphasizes AI as a cognitive environment that can validate delusions and blur tool/agent boundaries, increasing epistemic fragility.
Information Overload Produces Collective Paralysis
- Collective paralysis after revelations stems from overload and the inability of old scripts to map to this convergent crisis.
- Chase notes people feel frozen because information is mixed—confirmed, distorted, and manipulated—leaving no clear, safe action.