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This notion that every viewpoint is equally valid has to go. maybe every one should be considered/heard, but that is different than being accepted or equivalent
by phkahler 5y ago
This notion that every viewpoint is equally valid has to go. maybe every one should be considered/heard, but that is different than being accepted or equivalent. Some ideas are based on falsehoods and need to be outright rejected regardless of whose feelings get hurt.
- koheripbal 5y agoHow can you reject an idea if you do not listen to it first?
- phkahler 5y ago>> How can you reject an idea if you do not listen to it first? If you say "oh hey, I have an idea I'd like to run past you" in some cases I'll ask what it pertains to, and if the subject is of no interest to me, or if it's related to problems I don't care about, or if it's about making the flat earth round, I may well tell you I'm not interested in the idea before even hearing it. But that's very uncommon and some of those cases are more of "not my thing" than rejecting the idea itself. I will reject ideas for perpetual motion machines without hearing them though. For that you'll need to start by explaining which laws of physics you've broken and how before we get to the embodiment of an actual machine. If you don't know which physics needs to change I'll chalk it up to "you're an idiot, stop wasting my time".
- qgin 5y agoEven in the hard sciences, truly reproducible results take a long time to arrive at. In the social sciences, it’s a serious and multi layered problem. So yes, facts don’t care about feelings. But everyone should likewise check their own feelings of desiring certainty in a world of sociology that is filled with vague suggestions and likelihood at best. Not every idea is true, not every idea should be accepted. But the idea that we know with certainty which are which when it comes to social sciences should be held with skepticism.