No, that's not it. We absolutely do need to fear bad ideas that gain great cultural currency & become a dominant in society. We need to reason with our own moral tribes when they become infected by this in both intellectual & political thought. https://twitter.com/cultofdusty/status/970414858045968387 …
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Postmodernists were not right about metanarratives. There are a number of overarching explanations for things but this doesn't mean they're all wrong. Lyotard went for Christianity, Marxism & science. These things are not the same just because they're metanarratives.
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Creationism and evolution are both metanarratives. This does not mean we reject both and make up our own version of how humans came to exist. It means we examine the evidence and accept that which is best supported as provisionally true.
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That part’s true. 2+2=4 no matter who says it. However, it’s also true that science is often misused to back up personal biases. Scientific racism anyone? Oh wait, it’s called “race realism” nowadays.
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The thing is, with science, you can do experiments and gather data to both prove and disprove theories.
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I ain’t saying science must fall. I’m just saying anyone can cherry pick whatever facts best support their presuppositions.
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But is there a method of obtaining knowledge where this can't happen? This is what people do. At least, science has various methods of peer review and replication & falsification which limits this. So much of other methods is unfalsifiable.
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I think we might be talking about two different things. Maybe it’s my autism making it hard for me to find the right magical combination of words to get my point across. Here’s it all in black and white: Science good. Biases bad. Question and test everything!
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Yes. Science allows you to test theories and debunk poor ones.
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