Yes, that’s a good point. I’d say that rationality is also not inherent in individuals; it’s a collection of cultural practices, which mostly function only in collaboration. OTOH, to the extent individuals can exercise rationality, we can also exercise meta-rationality.
So… what’s his key contribution, then? “Science replaces wrong theories with better ones” is true and important, but not original or unique to him.
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His contribution is on the *logic* of scientific discovery, and how leveraging the logical asymmetry occurs in every instance where there is growth of knowledge.
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What is the logic? (I’m sincerely trying to understand here, although tbh I’m not optimistic, and we can drop this whenever you get frustrated with it)
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