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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Replying to @HPluckrose
Unpopular opinion: Trump scares me more than some dead gay French philosopher. Also, technically the postmodernists were right about the whole metanarrative thing. We’re pattern-seeking meaning-making creatures, so we have no choice but to construct our own realities
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That's not unpopular but perfectly reasonable. The far-right scares me much more than the postmodern left too. The reason for trying to get postmodernism out of the left is so that it's fit for fighting the right.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @tmamone
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @tmamone
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @tmamone @HPluckrose
The thing is, with science, you can do experiments and gather data to both prove and disprove theories.
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Replying to @BenedictMPWhite @HPluckrose
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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And when they do they present arguments that can be torn apart.
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Because there are rules. They are playing by a system which has rules. 'Just believe what I say because I am a woman and you're a man and so I have knowledge you don't' doesn't allow for falsification.
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