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Postmodernism has its occasional brilliant insights. Most important is its constant skepticism, its refusal to believe someone who says, "trust me."
by xapata 10y ago
Postmodernism has its occasional brilliant insights. Most important is its constant skepticism, its refusal to believe someone who says, "trust me."
- mannykannot 10y agoConstant skepticism ultimately becomes self-referential.
- xapata 10y agoAs it should be.
- mannykannot 10y agoUntil it leads (as it inevitably tends to) to closed, and therefore irrelevant, universes of discourse, as appears to have happened in this corner of philosophy.
- xapata 10y agoPruning branches is an important part of growing a decision tree. Don't cut down the tree if some branches went in the wrong direction.
- mannykannot 10y agoI suppose that is OK if you already know in what direction your preferred answer lies, but it does not seem to be in the spirit of self-referential skepticism.