Ungenerous interpretation. Most of these things are demonstrably true using basic social statistics. No objective knowledge - contradicted by the use of the data itself. No individuality and humanism are myths - contradicted by the purpose and application of the knowledge.
Yes, but we do need to understand the ideas motivating them. We can't just say they are bad. There is a whole worldview underlying this and failing to understand it, fails to address it. These ideas:pic.twitter.com/kt2So2oYKs
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Sorry, I didn't follow that.
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Meh it's 2am (Australian) and I've been in this convo since 1pm, I'm out. Short and sweet is that data can actually show that many of these postmodern statements are true and objectively so, even if we reject the claims about objectivity, individuality and humanism (which we can)
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