Postmodernism, critical theory, standpoint epistemology, poststructuralism, social constructionism, intersectionality etc. are not the same thing. This is clear in when they're seen in high resolution. ->
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but ultimately communication bandwidth is too low to really replicate ideas faithfully between minds. this is a central insight of all that theory, isn't it? we're inherently limited by what language is able to do in the first place.
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the low resolution conglomerations of that constellation of ideas seems to be much more stable in language transmission than the high res versions. in a certain sense (social/political in particular) I think that makes the low res versions more real than the high res versions.
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so when you get a variety of idea that has very high volatility (as this cluster does) you see really dramatic cognitive dissonance and lossy compression effects and it becomes impossible to engage with the idea on a mass scale. its DoA in popular discourse.
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Yep, couldn't agree more. It is a profound problem that we tend to substitute low-res versions in the wild with high-res versions in our mind whenever we have them - and then dismiss criticism of the low-res ones as wrong and dumb.
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We must recognize that low-res versions exist and has real consequences. Ideas that don't degrade gracefully are potentially dangerous. But is someone responsible for the deteriorated, roughed up version of their idea? I do *not* want to go there. That way lies darkness.
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PS Idk if you read it but I wrote a bit about this (kinda) before. http://www.everythingstudies.com/all-the-worlds-a-trading-zone … I've got some disordered notes on another article on it, maybe another year...
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have not read that article yet, bookmarked!
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