scientism mimetic game
Scientism fools people because it is a mimetic game dressed up as science. The key is carefully curating our sources of knowledge so that we are able to get down to what is true regardless of how many other people want to believe it. And that means doing the work.
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intellectual orthodoxy of science
Willis Harman had a particular interest in the relationship between matter and consciousness, he was one of several prestigious Stanford scientists
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tendencies to literalise and scorn science
One strong tendency of the vocational schools was to literalize with the scientific information about anatomy and physiology … Another tendency was
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six filters for truth personal experience
(Human perceptions are iffy.) Experience of people you know (Even more unreliable.) Experts (They work for money, not truth.) Scientific studies
Willis Harman had a particular interest in the relationship between matter and consciousness, he was one of several prestigious Stanford scientists
One strong tendency of the vocational schools was to literalize with the scientific information about anatomy and physiology … Another tendency was
(Human perceptions are iffy.) Experience of people you know (Even more unreliable.) Experts (They work for money, not truth.) Scientific studies