@atduskgreg that's an honest position. I wish more people were as honest. I am the opposite. I care about new truths, not how they're found
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Replying to @atduskgreg
@atduskgreg@vgr Why not care about both, but independently?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@vgr That assumed they’re inherently separable. I don’t see any evidence of that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @atduskgreg
@atduskgreg@paulbaumgart My objection is to sheer bad faith. It's like claiming 2+2=4 is suspect because of who said it.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @vgr
@vgr@paulbaumgart Not that it’s suspect but that it’s incomplete without wider context. To which mathematicians would agree.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @atduskgreg
@atduskgreg@paulbaumgart Incomplete for some things like institution design or reform. Not for everything.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vgr
@atduskgreg@paulbaumgart You can check a logical proof for yourself in many cases and use it, no appeal to authority or context needed2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vgr
@vgr@paulbaumgart I think the question is a lot more interesting with the physical sciences.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @atduskgreg
@atduskgreg@paulbaumgart yes, as you get closer to human affairs, things get more culturally relative.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@atduskgreg @paulbaumgart it's bad faith to talk of logic, math, mass of electrons, the quality of a literature, of a race, in same terms
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