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Hmm. I'd say it's often "our" problem. Racism, sexism, climate-change denialism, etc. All stem from anti-empiricism. As the main said, "It ain't what you don't
by xapata 10y ago
Hmm. I'd say it's often "our" problem. Racism, sexism, climate-change denialism, etc. All stem from anti-empiricism.
As the main said, "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
- dragonwriter 10y agoExcept for Climate Change Denialism, those problems predate empiricism as a thing noticeable enough to have coherent opposition, by (at least) hundreds of generations. They aren't produced by anti-empiricism (though, insofar as empiricism threatens them, they may be a source of resistance to empiricism.)
- ythn 10y ago> Except for Climate Change Denialism That's the flavor of the decade, yes, but back in the 70s there was "zero population denialism" which is roughly equivalent (there was a big scare that the earth's population was unsustainable and we were rapidly running out of resources and couples needed to stop having more than 2 babies and if you disagreed you were a zero population denier)
- dragonwriter 10y agoWell, sure, climate change denialism is also a manifestation of something older than empiricism and not a product of anti-empiricism, but that's a more involved argument and the other examples were clearer and simpler.