Yes but I'm not sure we build much culture around it but now I sense we're using the word a bit differently.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Societies which value knowledge and science and reason do better but not much culture is built around it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Isn't science part of culture? And have we not built our societies using the fruits of science and technology?
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Its part of society. Culture? No. Subcultures might be formed around it. Most ppl probably think or talk abt it seldom whilst benefitting.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Science is a human activity, so in that sense I'm including it as part of culture.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes, it could well be a part of culture among those humans who do it or read abt it or watch things abt it for pleasure or profit.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Gah. It's not just about being a scientist. We have a knowledge economy in which people are rewarded for knowing 'stuff' & ability to reason
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes, we always have. That evo psych book on leadership covers this. Having knowledge improves status & largely explains mansplaining.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Misses the point rather. Knowledge is useful because it helps us make progress and get things done.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes but people always thought that. But I agree with you that what we both understand to be genuine knowledge actually does that!
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I'm just not sure that it's driving western culture to the extent it did only 20 years ago & I'm not completely optimistic it will recover.
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