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AaronRodgersToe t1_itxx57c wrote

Reply to comment by dankscience in Aaron Rodgers, “Critical Thinking,” and Intellectual Humility by ADefiniteDescription

It is insane to me. It is one of the craziest things that I have noticed in my life. 2019, most of the left and right was in on the fact that big pharm was taking advantage of us and knowingly getting a massive amount of the country addicted to opioids. Posts and comments about the leeching nature of big pharm were widely popular and upvoted. Covid hit and it’s a literal 180 from the year before. It’s truly amazing. Big pharm could not have asked for a better scenario.

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iiioiia t1_itxwex8 wrote

Reply to comment by Kyocus in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin

> 1. The Fallacy Fallacy, which I contend is like a distracted dog chasing a squirrel of irrelevance.

To me, the fallacy fallacy is a lot like "good/bad faith" - excellent rhetorical tools, and those who use them typically have little to negative interest in whether they are using them correctly. Occam's Razor would be another good candidate, as would "no evidence" and several other popular internet memes/heuristics.

> 2. Truthiness? Even Science approximates accuracy with reference to the most accurate of knowledge we have, rather than revealing absolute boolean truths about the Universe.

I agree, although that would get you in hot water with most Redditors, in my experience anyways. Peeople love love love their science!

> I doubt we can reliably achieve such lofty goals with regularity.

Mountains don't climb themselves, that's for sure!

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iiioiia t1_itxw0zj wrote

Reply to comment by Kyocus in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin

I have some experience yes, although not with the absurdity part (other than realizing that "normal" consciousness/culture is undoubtedly and massively absurd, but that's not what you're getting at I don't think).

Are you a fan of them or a critic?

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BalderSion t1_itxuj5y wrote

Reply to comment by Sprucecaboose2 in Aaron Rodgers, “Critical Thinking,” and Intellectual Humility by ADefiniteDescription

I understand why Rodgers' opinion was reported on. It impacted whether the team was going to win, therefore it was sports news, and in parts of Wisconsin sports segments are more than half of the 5, 6, and 10 o'clock news reports.

What frustrated me was that no reporter asked the simple question, "What evidence would change your mind?". It's such a simple question to ask, and would completely reveal if he was engaging in honest skepticism or using the language of a skeptic as cover for an indefensible position.

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Kyocus t1_itxt5qf wrote

Reply to comment by iiioiia in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin

>"the exercise of strict epistemology" would render people immobile is demonstrably false.

Have you ever taken psychedelics and become critical of all beliefs and experiences to the point of absurdity? Because it sounds like you've NEVER done anything like that.

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WildIsland-S-E t1_itxsosx wrote

Reply to Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin

My vote goes with empiricism for the win. If this argument had been made better, it might have at least muddied the waters. A better defense for rationalist Metaphysics would have been to connect it with a more contemporary conversation. Maybe..... Quantum entanglement stuff, or String theory. ? Not saying those are great, but it's just so old timey.

Hella steampunk vibes though. That's kinda fun.

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pilotclaire t1_itxsb9j wrote

Reply to The philosophy of Martin Heidegger who argued that the Technological mindset has destroyed our relationship to the world so that Nature is seen as so many resources to exploit. He presents an alternative: a poetic relationship to the world by thelivingphilosophy

Technology is a distraction, mostly welcome, but can be another escape, another way to disassociate, see people as objects or compartmentalize them into problems (my parents, my ex, my my my). It facilitates expediency, which leads to bad decision making. Like everything else, alcohol or appearance, it’s how you handle it, or if you recognize when you’ve gone too far or depended too much. It’s staying ahead of it, like staying ahead of an airplane.

Getting behind a habit, it has affected other habits, now you’re just trying to catch up and the plane is spinning out of control.

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