I’ve been following @bagus_muljadi, @AmirahWahdi , and @siputriwidi debating peatland fires. And I’m wondering: Are we trying to solve a problem, or competing over whose intellectual framework deserves authority? Bagus asks how peatlands burn and how we can predict the risks. Amirah asks who enables these fires and who should be held accountable. Putri questions whose knowledge is considered legitimate and how power shapes that legitimacy. THREE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. ONE INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM. Physical science explains environmental mechanisms. Political investigation examines human decisions and institutional responsibility. Epistemic critique examines whose evidence gets recognized. None replaces the others. Bagus, I largely agree with your demand for scientific rigor. But “Orang UK pun—jangankan Sumatra” introduces an unsupported hierarchy into an otherwise defensible scientific argument. If you demand precision, practice it. Amirah, corporate accountability matters. But allegations require investigation, evidence, and causal attribution. Outrage identifies urgency; it doesn’t establish culpability. Putri, epistemic power matters. But exposing institutional bias doesn’t automatically validate or invalidate scientific findings. Challenge the hierarchy without replacing one unquestioned authority with another. Here’s what frustrates me: you’re defending different tools that could be used to investigate different parts of the SAME problem. Why turn complementary expertise into intellectual territorial warfare? You don’t need identical worldviews. You don’t even need to like each other. Agree on the objective. Define what each discipline can establish. Identify missing evidence. Challenge assumptions. Connect findings. Compromise on coordination, NEVER on evidentiary integrity. Good intentions alone aren’t enough. But if you’re concerned about the same disaster, surely collaboration is more productive than competing for epistemic supremacy. Intelligence doesn’t automatically produce coordination. Apparently, we’re watching that lesson unfold in real time. Talk to each other. Investigate together. Challenge each other. Build something useful. COLLABORATE, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS! THE PEATLAND IS STILL FUCKING BURNING.