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That is not in any way incompatible with what I've written. I am curious that you think it is, though. The scientists doing the inquiry still work in the same context as the rest of the world, and — whether they like it or not — that makes the whole thing part of that world.
Fields like quantum mechanics and cosmology — to just use your example — are hardly exempt from this. Scratch only a little bit into their history, and you'll find people pursuing theories for political reasons (sometimes explicitly as political metaphors, such as Bohm's work),
and you'll find people who try to oppose theories they don't like (including but not limited to scientists) for political reasons. *By itself* this should tell you there is some political import are the core of the work.
Now, you can say, "well, everyone who opposes a theory because it interferes with their politics is wrong." I'm fine with that! But you're really just saying: "science, thus, should call the shots, if it comes into conflict with power/ideology/whatever."
Which is an EXTRAORDINARILY political statement! (Which, again, is FINE! Just don't pretend it's NOT one!)
Wow dude. You sure do have a way of telling other people what is they're saying.
Perhaps you're misreading my intention (in the latter two Tweets, when I say "you," I mean an abstract "you." I perhaps could have written "one"). In any case, I am not trying to mischaracterize, only make the position I'm stating more clear.
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