I know what you mean. Wasn't sure you realised ppl hear that phrase most often from postmodernists & anti-intellectuals.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
And you got me thinking abt how to define the difference between the two principles of distrust.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I know what you mean, I think, and it's not easy!
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Replying to @christianjbdev
I think the best way is to stress the difference in intention. Pomos want to argue that knowledge is an illusion. Subjective
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Whereas scientists want to attain knowledge & fear being led astray. Their distrust has opposing aims.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You know, us scientists aren't perfect. We're subject to all the usual prejudices and biases. The *system* keeps us honest.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Oh I know. It is the method I have confidence in, not you lot. :-p
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
I see this when trying to get to the bottom of what is & isn't known about gender & the brain. Motivated reasoning going on.
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Absolutely! And scientists also face enormous pressure to get 'good' results = more funding, career advancement.
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I remember R Dawkins' story abt the elderly physicist being shown a hypothesis of his own that he'd taught for yrs was wrong
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Full of admiration that he immediately accepted this. Suggested to me that this is not always the case!
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