"Truth never did,& does not, depend on “power” – truth depends on evidence." Another excellent piece by @lucasjlynchhttp://lucaslynch.org/2017/07/13/actually-truth-doesnt-depend-on-power/ …
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But if we don't make objective truth the goal to which we aspire,despite all the epistemological & psychological limitations we know we have
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Then it becomes impossible to progress in knowledge at all. We just exist in a soup of contradictory narratives & personal truths.
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The only reason this seems attractive to some is because of the advantages already brought to us by seeking objective knowledge & using it.
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The luxury of sitting around opining abt the cultural constructedness of reality is brought to us by not dying of smallpox or in childbirth.
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