“Nearly all” is just my anecdotal experience, which may be distorted by memory or atypical. Perhaps it’s also a generational thing? Indoctrination with 1950s philosophy of science may have been more prevalent when I was a student than it has been in recent decades.
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Maybe I'd prefer to say "The stories used to justify rationality are no longer convincing to a lot of people." Focusing on whether they are *false* makes the claim harder to prove and pretty much limited in its usefulness even if proven, to operating within rationality itself.
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I’d be interested to hear more from this line of reasoning? Is there a better way to get more convincing stories than to find ones that are actually accurate?
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@cult_cognition there is good evidence that average Americans still have a very positive view of science, but arguments from critical theory, social construction, etc, are influential and need to be folded in.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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