Point of the first 1/3 (all I’ve read so far) is basically that an accurate analysis of the tape has to drop all theoretical suppositions
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Slam against the other leading brands of sociological studies of science: their methods ignore WHAT THE SCIENTISTS ARE ACTUALLY DOINGpic.twitter.com/AysfyWqK4j
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How a categorizable object emerges gradually from nebulosity through situated interpretation: the essence of ontological accomplishment!pic.twitter.com/kp1Rl6NnAI
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Thanks, pointing out these bits is helpful! Making another cup of tea and then will try again...
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Maybe something I can actually understand will emerge from nebulosity
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Is it OK if I live-tweet my reading? It’s an interesting text for me; may be less relevant for you!
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OK I’m now going to look into the scientific background. Turns out this was the FIRST optical pulsar observation, and it was a big deal
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> because it was extremely unclear how pulsars could work, and the hope was optical observation would constrain that. Was a race to find one
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The science is actually extremely cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Pulsar … This is the neutron star remnant of the 1054 supernova!
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Relevant point here: the optical pulsation was observed 15 years earlier and dismissed as an artifact for lack of theoretical explanation
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Culmination of analysis of the specific ways the scientists post hocked their activity to conform to rationalist normspic.twitter.com/OyYG83j2ak
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