There's no problem with 'scientism' that isn't a problem with science.
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Replying to @MaiLaDreapta
@MaiLaDreapta ".. there can be no scientific answer to the question of what is the position of science in life." https://newrepublic.com/article/98566/science-atheism-meaning-life … ...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Outsideness
@MaiLaDreapta ... Why on earth would he think there was a non-scientific answer?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@MaiLaDreapta .. It's Kant / SJ Gould-style 'Magesteria' boundary-drawing. (Enlightenment v. of the Treaty of Westphalia, for culture wars.)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness I'm making a pragmatic, not philosophical argument: the *role* of science is not discovered but created by human actors.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MaiLaDreapta
@Outsideness The *content* of science may be something else, but the monkeys have to decide how to *use* science.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MaiLaDreapta
@MaiLaDreapta Decisions -- to matter -- require competence, grounded in cognitive capability, so the circle is hard to escape. ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@MaiLaDreapta ... Given that people cannot understand science, prior to a notional completion of science, they are ill-equipped to steer it.
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Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness /me contemplates a fully introspective science which could engineer its own internal workings.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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