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I'm skeptical of any socio-political movement demanding more science -- not because more science isn't needed, but that I doubt the movement would avow and abi

I'm skeptical of any socio-political movement demanding more science -- not because more science isn't needed, but that I doubt the movement would avow and abide by results which are contradictory to their vision. This isn't a criticism, per se -- just recognizing that BLM and other movements are driven by experience, and one of the key claims of the victims of those experiences is that their suffering is invisible. Therefore, any study which invalidates that experience would serve as further proof of the invisibility of their suffering. Again, this isn't meant to single out or criticize BLM.

sevenless 10y ago
That's a good point, and I like how it goes against the typical HN 'solutionism' mindset. You cannot science your way out of every problem, and sometimes you're simply trying to answer an inappropriate question. Really, conventional politics has failed, and all one can say is the country is deeply divided, and millions of people hate each other. At every mass shooting and police-relations crisis, the same people trot out the same things to say. There is a real lack of innovative thinking around politics, the state, and restructuring society in fairer and less harmful ways.