As I said elsewhere, I think denial of objective truth may be best thought of as a strategy.https://twitter.com/christianjbdev/status/879731376848809984 …
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Replying to @christianjbdev
I think its a personality type that revels in ambiguity, mystery & fuzziness but perhaps an element of this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
In the arts perhaps, but some people seem to be using it as a weapon, in a fairly calculated way.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes, there's a political element - a revolutionary one. There always was. I still think they believe in it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Most definitely they believe in it.
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Replying to @StephanieLahey @HPluckrose
I suspect they'd shift positions pretty quickly if they got power.
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When the church had power they believed creationism was definitely true, when they lost it they switched to 'who knows the truth about evo?'
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Replying to @christianjbdev @StephanieLahey
Hmm. Not sure that works. If dominant narrative, no need to consider but evo forced on them coz weren't?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @StephanieLahey
Creationists definitely use postmodernist type arguments as a strategy.
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Replying to @christianjbdev @StephanieLahey
But not as a cynical one, I don't think. As a compatible way of thinking to support their own way.
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Still believe it & just try to make it work with whatever ideas are out there whether pomo or evo.
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