“It’s epistemology, Jim, but not as we know it.”
Perhaps you’re thinking “I recognise that cultural reference: ‘It’s life, Jim…’"? Star Trek, wasn’t it? Or you may be thinking “Remind me, what even is epistemology?”
Before we get to the whole epistemological thing, which really does matter, let’s clear up the Star Trek question, which matters a tiny bit less. The phrase “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it” is often and widely misattributed to Star Trek itself; in fact it’s a line from a song, Star Trekkin’, by British band The Firm. Sorry to disabuse you of something you thought you knew. But then human knowledge is never quite what we like to think it is. Which brings us to epistemology.
