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It cannot be helped. Is always takes precedence over ought.
by 77pt77 3y ago
It cannot be helped.
Is always takes precedence over ought.
- keiferski 3y agoWhat can’t be helped? Your comment is too vague for me to understand what you’re getting at. As I said in my original comment, I think scientists are being put in political positions because of a failure of culture/people/society to care sufficiently about philosophy and religion. The solution to this seems obvious to me.
- pixl97 3y agoOne, what does religion have to do with those? Two, individuals are political therefore their politics bleeds into science. If you think there is an obvious solution then you are most assuredly incorrect. Understanding power dynamics is part of philosophy, not something that is separate from it.
- keiferski 3y agoThe entire intellectual history of the past 3,000+ years has been shaped by “religion”, which as a separate concept is a fairly recent phenomenon. Everything from individual rights, the value of Truth, the concept of secularism, and a million other things can be directly traced to conflicts and developments of religion. Part of the problem that I alluded to is the refusal of many intelligent people to recognize this. Secondly, there is a major difference between scientists having political beliefs and scientists being put in political positions where they make decisions for society at large. These are not the same thing. Thirdly, the obvious solution was to make people care more about philosophy and religion and not continue to put scientists into a political position where they are incentivized to quash dissent.