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Not this reductionist view of the display poster at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, yet again. "Champions" of "science" love to fla
by 205guy 6y ago
Not this reductionist view of the display poster at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, yet again. "Champions" of "science" love to flash this every time they feel threatened by someone who thinks differently.
Science is fine, science is strong, science is right, science will survive. And, also, at the same time, other people are allowed to have other world-views, and still benefit from science. They are interpreting the world in their own way, and that's OK. They are not threatening you or science, and that doesn't mean they reject science in the scientific realm either. Nor is anyone forcing you to acknowledge they are right in your world-view, but you do have to recognize you don't get to tell them what theirs should be. Western culture is just now discovering that it doesn't need to subjugate and extinguish those other views.
Also, what a twisted way to introduce partisan politics into a discussion and denigrate the other side by associating them with all the anti-science you can name. Personally, I will put more credence in an ancient world-view such as an Australian Aborigine as opposed to a new age pagan, but more power to them to refine their approach to the world.
- DC-3 6y agoWell, I'm happy to criticize the right for associating with anti-science too. I'm not trying to denigrate anyone per se, just give my own explanation of the trends and forces in our societal attitudes. Maybe I shouldn't have used the poster as an example, it is a bit too deeply mired in the 'culture war', but I wanted to choose a relevant example that I imagine most readers here would have encountered.
- 205guy 6y ago> I'm not trying to denigrate anyone per se Except you criticized the left with "paganism, witchcraft, and the occult" that are totally fringe groups, and totally ignored right-wing anti-science creationists that are polling around 40% in the US. It certainly sounds like you were trying to stir up some "culture war" here with your biased and un-critical parroting of alt-right talking points.
- DC-3 6y ago> Except you criticized the left with "paganism, witchcraft, and the occult" that are totally fringe groups Well the hard-left is itself a fringe group, and fringe groups have overlap. Certainly mainstream leftists don't tend to be into this stuff but I never said I was talking about mainstream leftists. > and totally ignored right-wing anti-science creationists that are polling around 40% in the US. Because that wasn't the topic of discussion. Criticizing one thing doesn't imply a tacit agreement with literally everything that isn't that thing. I don't like this attitude that everything that the alt-right talks about is immediately tainted. Stopped clocks are right twice a day, and all that.