I don’t know about you, but I’m becoming heartily sick of being told the obvious nonsense that “myths” are just as valid an approach to the truth as science, just different. No they aren’t. If there were a better way of getting to the truth, science would adopt it.
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Might I suggest The Science of Discworld 2. A great story about the importance of great stories and how extelligence has influenced the story telling monkey.
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Sounds good. However, I do not need convincing of the power of narratives. I am actually much more interested in cultural narratives & uses of them than in the methods or findings of natural science. I just see the need to see the difference between the two.pic.twitter.com/DNzwXkIZCJ
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Good points, is it possible we're at a stage where life got worse stripped of stories (this in a cultural, not scientific sense.) I think maybe. As far as going backwards, don't know too many who'd advocate that, I generally think of it as a perpetual muddle-through.
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I think we need to talk about this realistically without muddling concepts or taking a side which denies reality or denies that humans seem to need grand narratives. I addressed that here, if interested.https://areomagazine.com/2017/12/08/the-problem-with-truth-and-reason-in-a-post-truth-society/ …
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Nice will check it out. Doesn't seem like it should be a problem, at all, but have definitely seen it, and seen it cut both ways. "Denies reality" seems like a wacko caricature to me, "denies narrative" I've seen but yeah that's unnecessary and not wise.
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