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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Oct 2019
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      based on summaries in reviews and the like, the account of how science and progress work (and fail to work) is highly inaccurate. Do I have a responsibility to understand the account and contest it if I think it’s mistaken? Probably not

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    2. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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      Yeah the book is very philosophy-done-by-a-physicist. e.g. his philosophy of science is very Popper based and he rubbishes most philosophy of science done by people who aren't Popper.

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    3. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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      It's also... yes the book is very "Yay progress!" but the book is very "Yay this very specific notion of progress and all of those people who I disagree with are enemies of progress". I think on balance it's more good than bad if you're not familiar with this stuff, but still.

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    4. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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      FWIW I endorse your impression that you would not find reading it a positive experience and I would recommend against it for you even if I wouldn't in general.

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Oct 2019
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      Thank you! Popper was a great guy and I’d love to discover I’m somehow missing something valuable in his seemingly content-free philosophy of science, but [puts on Bayesian hat] that seems highly improbable.

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    6. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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      I think what you're missing is a desire for simple solutions that allow you to stop thinking about the problem further.

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Oct 2019
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      I was afraid that was the case!

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    8. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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      That being said, I don't think I find Popper entirely content-free. I think falsification describes a useful toy model of how a specific aspect of theory development works, helpful for reasoning about part of the process, it's just not a fully accurate or general description.

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    9. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Oct 2019
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      tbf, part of the problem is that no one has articulated a more accurate account of science *in terms that scientists would listen to*. So the toy model persists for lack of an easily available alternative. (obvs, my intention is to fix this, if I can get time for the project)

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    10. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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      Susan Haack's crossword puzzle analogy is pretty good, but for various reasons I don't think has really been picked up by scientists and is mostly aimed at philosophers of science. http://sci-hub.tw/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02683186 …

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Oct 2019
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      Thanks, will read! I believe all the necessary pieces of an accurate account are available, but scattered across a dozen academic fields, and academics don’t feel responsible for assembling them into a coherent, accessible form. As an internet eccentric, I can do that.

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        2. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 20 Oct 2019
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          I wish there were fewer subjects that this tweet could apply to.

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Oct 2019
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          I just read Haack’s wikipedia entry; she talks about the importance of her independence from academic institutions. Naturally, as an internet eccentric, I think the most effective way to promote progress now is to support internet eccentrics….

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