@pmarca lol, sneaky overloading there
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@pmarca Just noticed: you misread that line. Your line is a sort of weak contrapositive of Tainter's line :) Freudian slip I think.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry not valuable...falsifiable and a meaningful basis for consensus without coercionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry strawman definition :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry main point there is to eliminate unfalsifiable subjective testimonials that turn historiography into he-said-she-said solipsism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry History may not be as rigorous as math or chemistry, but it isn't as entirely arbitrary as religious claims to univ-value-authorityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry that's why I am accusing you of strawmanning. There's spectrum between that and Pharaoh killing me because some wolf god said to.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry Perhaps more general than experimental science, but not "differen." Arguing from evidence, not values and mythology, still basic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry Explicit appeal to values (esp presumed/enforced universals) is social criticism, not history. If it's non-universalist, I'm fine.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pegobry ditto :) You're rationalizing subjective moral authority as justification for use of coercive force, probably without intending to.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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