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You seem to think that everything is about "narrative" or "bias"- this is incorrect, since some things are fact. If the MSM says that the Earth is round, that'

by sdinsn 8y ago

You seem to think that everything is about "narrative" or "bias"- this is incorrect, since some things are fact. If the MSM says that the Earth is round, that's not their narrative, it's fact, and anyone who says differently is just plain wrong.

quotemstr 8y ago
The trouble with telling noble lies is that once people realize that you've been lying to them, they start to suspect everything you say. That's part of why the replication crisis in the social sciences is so corrosive: it shreds people's willingness to believe unintuitive things that institutions insist are true, even in those instances where institutions are correct.
- briantakita 8y ago
  Social Sciences is used to create propaganda, which is used to tell us that the Institutions of Social Sciences speak truth & facts. It becomes tautological. Another issue is it's no longer in an ordinary citizen's interest to believe these institutions, since they encourage the citizen to act against their own interests to the benefit of the institutions, capital holders, & political leaders. Another issue is equating the opinion of a subset of the experts (which are often cherry-picked) or an institution with fact. Another issue with social sciences is each study is only as good as what abstractions were conceived of to measure minus the accuracy of the measurements. Many scientists have a poor understanding of the Philosophy of Science, as it's not emphasized in the educational process. Philosophy is often seen as a "solved" problem, instead of the foundation of interpretation of information. This cloisters the scientists to the point to them becoming glorified technicians only capable of measuring the culturally accepted data points & unable to relate the information beyond their ever-shrinking domain of expertise.
tomjen3 8y ago
With very, very few exceptions, half the battle is what is true and what isn't, and how well they map to reality. >Today the president visited voters in New York may be factually true, but >In a desperate attempt to win the election, the sitting president tried to win voters in New York Is actually more accurate.

by sdinsn 8y ago

quotemstr 8y ago

The trouble with telling noble lies is that once people realize that you've been lying to them, they start to suspect everything you say. That's part of why the replication crisis in the social sciences is so corrosive: it shreds people's willingness to believe unintuitive things that institutions insist are true, even in those instances where institutions are correct.

briantakita 8y ago
Social Sciences is used to create propaganda, which is used to tell us that the Institutions of Social Sciences speak truth & facts. It becomes tautological. Another issue is it's no longer in an ordinary citizen's interest to believe these institutions, since they encourage the citizen to act against their own interests to the benefit of the institutions, capital holders, & political leaders. Another issue is equating the opinion of a subset of the experts (which are often cherry-picked) or an institution with fact. Another issue with social sciences is each study is only as good as what abstractions were conceived of to measure minus the accuracy of the measurements. Many scientists have a poor understanding of the Philosophy of Science, as it's not emphasized in the educational process. Philosophy is often seen as a "solved" problem, instead of the foundation of interpretation of information. This cloisters the scientists to the point to them becoming glorified technicians only capable of measuring the culturally accepted data points & unable to relate the information beyond their ever-shrinking domain of expertise.

tomjen3 8y ago

With very, very few exceptions, half the battle is what is true and what isn't, and how well they map to reality. >Today the president visited voters in New York may be factually true, but >In a desperate attempt to win the election, the sitting president tried to win voters in New York Is actually more accurate.