"Charges of “scientism” are a defense of science, not an attack on it. Scientism is what happens when you don’t notice that your own reasoning is the slave of the passions and you might not be as objective as you think you are."https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-worlds-most-annoying-man …
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"“Scientism” is when you don’t notice that even though you’re using numbers, you’re actually doing pseudoscience."https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-worlds-most-annoying-man …
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Replying to @o_guest
Not to seem petty, but I really did see the thumbnail image in the link and thought “Why would somone put a grey wig on a baboon?”
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Replying to @atypical_me @o_guest
I was actually being serious. I missed the shirt as I was scrolling through and the position of the face really did look like a baboon. It was a good reminder how close we actually are to other primates in appearance (and how poorly trained my ventral visual cortex is)
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They are the best climbers (speeds in trees at 55km/h) and they walk pretty well too.https://youtu.be/vSQbTb8_btw
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