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>The test in academia should be not ideology, but whether your theories withstand scrutiny. Any what do you do, hypothetically speaking, if this requirement ke
by WalterSear 10y ago
>The test in academia should be not ideology, but whether your theories withstand scrutiny.
Any what do you do, hypothetically speaking, if this requirement keeps out a large proportion of a specific ideological group, or if the process of science changes the views of individuals of that group, to the point where they leave it? And, what if, said ideological group is unwilling to accept that?
- hackuser 10y agoI'm not sure I understand the question. Why should people be included based on ideology? Put plainly, we want people who are factually right. Who wants otherwise? The Middle Ages were defined, in a sense, by the priority of ideology over rationality. The enlightenment was a rejection of ideology in favor of factual accuracy about the world. The ideology may say the Sun revolves around the Earth, but the facts say otherwise. The ideology may say that that climate change isn't happening, but the facts say otherwise.
- WalterSear 10y agoI'm not saying people should be excluded based on ideology, I'm asking what you do if a particular ideology is incompatible with seeking and holding "theories that withstand scrutiny". Tbh, I think that is ultimately what we are dealing with - a very popular culture and ideology that eschews reason in favour of conformity.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoTell the ideological group to swallow their fears and learn science.