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Yes, when a museum puts out a poster saying the scientific method, rational thinking, is akin to whiteness... you know well certain that the very concept of sci

Yes, when a museum puts out a poster saying the scientific method, rational thinking, is akin to whiteness... you know well certain that the very concept of science is being undermined as well as weaponized. I mean, someone unironically worked on this poster, its content, and its layout, probably spending several tens of hours looking at it on their computer screen, and then said to themselves and their peers, "this is fine". https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1283372233730203651 https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1283372233730203651

everdrive 5y ago
This remains one of the most infuriating things I've ever seen.
- poszlem 5y ago
  Also the reason for the pushback from the right. It is actually the regressive left that started poking at it and opened the pandora box without thinking about the consequences of doing so. Now the whole scientific method is up for debate. (And I am a traditionally left-leaning person)
  - Consultant32452 5y ago
    Not just the scientific method, but base reality itself. When I was growing up the general idea was that there was a base reality and that we can perceive it to varying degrees based on our senses and other tools (e.g. electron microscopes). Postmodernism questions even the idea of a base reality and when you squeeze that lemon weird things shoot out like "lived experience" being more important than what actually happened. Interestingly, to these same people if your "lived experience" is something you felt in church then you're just a moron who doesn't follow the science. But if your lived experience is within a set of approved narratives, it's 100% fact and we are allowed to riot over it.
  - GoblinSlayer 5y ago
    No way, political rhetoric has exactly zero to do with anything science.
Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
That poster feels like Horseshoe Theory [0] in action. It's equating a lot of positive attributes to being white, which is exactly what you'd expect to see from someone on the far right. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

everdrive 5y ago

This remains one of the most infuriating things I've ever seen.

poszlem 5y ago
Also the reason for the pushback from the right. It is actually the regressive left that started poking at it and opened the pandora box without thinking about the consequences of doing so. Now the whole scientific method is up for debate. (And I am a traditionally left-leaning person)
- Consultant32452 5y ago
  Not just the scientific method, but base reality itself. When I was growing up the general idea was that there was a base reality and that we can perceive it to varying degrees based on our senses and other tools (e.g. electron microscopes). Postmodernism questions even the idea of a base reality and when you squeeze that lemon weird things shoot out like "lived experience" being more important than what actually happened. Interestingly, to these same people if your "lived experience" is something you felt in church then you're just a moron who doesn't follow the science. But if your lived experience is within a set of approved narratives, it's 100% fact and we are allowed to riot over it.
- GoblinSlayer 5y ago
  No way, political rhetoric has exactly zero to do with anything science.

Sohcahtoa82 5y ago

That poster feels like Horseshoe Theory [0] in action. It's equating a lot of positive attributes to being white, which is exactly what you'd expect to see from someone on the far right. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory