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veen  ·  3671 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 5, 2014

Yeah, that's sort of the underlying problem I have with this idea. Am I not getting it completely or are they talking out of their asses? Some of the articles talk about the dominant ways of thinking in science, and while that is a legitimate question, they then talk about scientists having a hard time accepting their way of thinking - a red flag for me.

There's parts of the idea that I think does hold up as more than navel-gazing. Thinking about how structure / society influences your decisions is an important part, for example. Language definitely shapes the way you think.

What appeals to me is that it questions basic assumptions about how we think about the world. It basically implies that anything beyond STEM science is heavily influenced by how we think about it, and that we need to take a serious look at our biases (I might be reading too much into it though).