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Most people aren't informed by empiricism- they just listen to what the witch doctor in the white robes says.
by inkblotuniverse 4y ago
Most people aren't informed by empiricism- they just listen to what the witch doctor in the white robes says.
- hackerlight 4y agoClimatologists, who are scientists, are not comparable to witch doctors, who are practitioners of stone age superstition. Yes, people outsource some of their thinking, but this is not a bad thing given that it's impossible to critically evaluate everything. Our bandwidth is highly limited, meaning some level of cautious targeted outsourcing actually maximizes the accuracy of our opinions. I would say such opinions are still based on empiricism, ableit via indirection.