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>What is the root of qualification in a field where the foundational axioms are ultimately subjective and there is no reliable source of objective truth withou
by mlevental 7y ago
>What is the root of qualification in a field where the foundational axioms are ultimately subjective and there is no reliable source of objective truth
without going into post-modernity and socially constructed truths i'll simply ask you: are you an academic researcher in stem? what are the objective metrics for stem? beyond anything else it's citation count.
- nradov 7y agoThere you go again, dodging the question.
- mlevental 7y agoi'm not dodging any question; i'm trying to explain to you that there is absolutely no such thing as "objective truth" anywhere outside of formal mathematics. so the humanities are absolutely no different from 99% of academia.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI could claim that "repeatable experiment" comes pretty close to "objective truth" for at least physics and chemistry.
- nradov 7y agoI strongly support studying humanities, especially as a way to learn how to think clearly and communicate effectively. Unfortunately much of what passes for "humanities" is simply empty sophistry. Dig below the surface and there's nothing there. Yet everyone is afraid to say that "the emperor wears no clothes" for fear of being labeled unsophisticated by a gang of pseudo-intellectuals. I know bullshit when I see it.