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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017

      Some people feel our human experience is diminished if we understand how it works cognitively, particularly in the case of love & art.

      4 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      That there is something cold & 'soulless' in analysing & mapping out what it is that produces our most defining & powerful experiences.

      2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    3. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      To play devil's advocate a bit, there is some good reason to worry about us learning too much about how we work cognitively imo. 1/?

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    4. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose

      Learning enough about how our brains work may lead to an ability to adjust our preferences and that can be scary imo bc they're arbitrary.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @Intrinsic29

      That cld certainly be a reasonable objection but I'm thinking much more basically, psychologically right now abt what satisfies & moves ppl

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. My medicine is strong‏ @theasefountain 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29

      But that doesn't mean abandon science, just that meaning comes from our relationships and unfashionable things like morality and how to be

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29

      And for some people, meaning comes from science too. People can be very passionate about understanding our world and our nature.

      3:54 PM - 12 Jun 2017
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        2. My medicine is strong‏ @theasefountain 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29

          Yes but passion for knowledge not same as motivation for meaningful human good - nazi doctor's human experiments?

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29

          People can find good and bad things meaningful, yes. These can be related to a passion for knowledge or not.

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        4. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @theasefountain

          You also have to define what you mean by "good," "bad," "meaningful," etc. before you can talk about them and definitions entail premises.

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @Intrinsic29 @theasefountain

          Yes. As a humanist, I find Nazi experiments bad. Eugenicists find them good.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        6. My medicine is strong‏ @theasefountain 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29

          So we reject moral relativism then (I hope) because one is clearly good and the other clearly bad...

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        7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29

          I think so, yes, because my premise is that individual human wellbeing matters. Others disagree & we need to show why they're wrong.

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        8. My medicine is strong‏ @theasefountain 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29

          This is why I suggested JP interview - in it he addresses this very powerfully from evolutionary perspective

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        9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29

          I don't have much confidence in him. He tends to talk a lot of obscure weirdness about religion, gender & truth.

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        1. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 12 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @theasefountain

          Also, as @SamHarrisOrg would be quick to point out, Science, itself, has to assume certain premises before it can get started as well.

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