Long read, but interesting perspective. (h/t @theblub)https://twitter.com/monsoon0/status/974851977313058816 …
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“for whom does Feynman’s advice work well? Who in our culture is forgiven for putting aside personal relationships in...pursuit of truth? Who is permitted to be a joker? And who in our culture is steered, from early age, toward an excruciating attunement to what other ppl think?”
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“[we should resist] temptation to dazzle ppl with our brilliance. We have to ask ourselves: if we present a clever solution...without indicating how we found it, are we implicitly teaching ppl that there’re ppl like us who see such things instantly & ppl like them who never can?”
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @o_guest
this quote perfectly captures the problem with how science is described and taught: as end products mysteriously produced by (male) geniuses.
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If we're ever going to create a truly scientifically literate society, we must focus on science as process, with that process being a formalisation of the same inquiry process capacity our species is endowed with.
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Replying to @aeryn_thrace @IrisVanRooij
A process that isn't inherent or "genetic" but learned.
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij
those terms in this context are entirely unproductive: do we have the experience of music without musician, composer, instrument and listener? Inquiry processes are emergent processes.
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Yup. They are merely productive for those who seek to retain their elitist (chauvinist, etc.) grip on a field.
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