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There are two different kinds of empiricism, and they're in tension with each other. One kind is where specialists measure things and publish the measurements i
by blast 7y ago
There are two different kinds of empiricism, and they're in tension with each other. One kind is where specialists measure things and publish the measurements in journals. The other is where individuals try things for themselves and decide for themselves what they experienced.
- loopz 7y agoEvery new paradigm shift had to start with just one individual (or a situation with a core group).
- blast 7y agoI think I agree (assuming I understand your meaning). Individual experimentation and experience is the leading edge. Only much later does it get codified into institutionalized forms. This in fact is the history of what we call science, but somehow we've dropped the "find out for yourself" aspect and returned to something that uncomfortably resembles the priesthood that the original scientists were deviating against.