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The notion that rejecting the scientific method is necessarily bad thing is epistemically unsound, and a rather provocative topic.
by mistermann 2y ago
The notion that rejecting the scientific method is necessarily bad thing is epistemically unsound, and a rather provocative topic.
- peatmoss 2y agoAnd yet I did not state this, and it seems you're rounding my position to an easier one to dismiss. I don't reject non-scientific scholarship. But I see the focus in some disciplines a little like twinkies and soda: a bit of them can be fine and maybe even be good in some circumstances (brings joy; maybe as a recovery item for some diabetic conditions). But my feeling is that some of these disciplines have indexed a bit too much on twinkie and soda.
- mistermann 2y agoI think we are very much on the same general page!
- peatmoss 2y agoAh, I think I misread the intent of what you wrote—apologies!
- mistermann 2y agoNot entirely I bet! I think of science in much the same way that you think of other disciplines.
- goatlover 2y agoDo you have another method in mind that is epistemically sound other than the scientific method?
- mistermann 2y agoI'm more interested in broad capabilities, not only just epistemic soundness.