We live in an epistemic environment that is heavily and deliberately polluted by agents who use mimicry and other methods as a means of inflating their pretense to expertise.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	Discourse=ROOT:21:0|Entity=(22-abstract-new-cf9-2-disc(23-person-acc:com-cf4-1-sgl)
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	6:det	Entity=(24-place-new-cf7-3-sgl
5	epistemic	epistemic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	6:amod	_
6	environment	environment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	2:obl:in|12:nsubj:pass	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	6:ref	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:22->21:0
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	12:aux:pass	_
9	heavily	heavily	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	12:advmod	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	11:cc	_
11	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	conj	9:conj:and|12:advmod	_
12	polluted	pollute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	6:acl:relcl	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	14:case	_
14	agents	agent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:agent	12:obl:agent|16:nsubj	Entity=(18-person-giv:inact-cf1-1-coref
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	14:ref	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:23->22:0
16	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	14:acl:relcl	_
17	mimicry	mimicry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	16:obj	Entity=(25-abstract-new-cf2-1,4-coref(26-abstract-new-cf5-1-sgl)
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	20:cc	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	20:amod	Entity=(27-abstract-new-cf8-2-sgl
20	methods	method	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	16:obj|17:conj:and	Entity=27)25)
21	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	Entity=(25-abstract-giv:act-cf2-2-pred
23	means	means	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	16:obl:as	_
24	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	25:mark	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:24->23:0
25	inflating	inflate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	acl	23:acl:of	Entity=(28-event-new-cf10-1-disc
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	27:nmod:poss	Entity=(29-abstract-new-cf6-2-sgl(18-person-giv:act-cf1-1-ana)
27	pretense	pretense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	25:obj	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	29:case	_
29	expertise	expertise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	27:nmod:to	Entity=(14-abstract-giv:act-cf3*-1-coref)29)28)25)18)24)|SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	Entity=22)
