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I think I’ve experienced this twice. First with traditional theistic old-man-in-the-sky God, now with “Expertise” as worshipped by academics and professionals. https://twitter.com/mikewavsz/status/1339848810604843009
I’ve struggled mightily to explain this to friends of mine from grad/law school who pursued technocratic or bureaucratic careers in policy, academia, media, education, nonprofits, government, or (to name what those fields have in common) any industry that doesn’t make things. https://twitter.com/harmonylion1/status/1339833347132952576
Accepting the unity of the inner world and the outer is, in a way, to reject objectivity itself.
One side effect of that, though, is that you necessarily reintroduce the possibility of the mystical (and the magical, why not?).
One side effect of that, though, is that you necessarily reintroduce the possibility of the mystical (and the magical, why not?).
(feels weird being all “yo hey so like if the inner world and the outer world are inextricably linked, then the model of reality that follows actually has a very functional and consequential role for the supernatural” after spending so long dunking on God as ignorant fantasy tho)
Science can be obviously valuable, even when it’s not “true.” Thats hard to wrap one’s head around.
But if “objectivity” doesn’t quite work the way thar experts require for their models of reality, then the faith in the science built from those models is kinda up for debate.
But if “objectivity” doesn’t quite work the way thar experts require for their models of reality, then the faith in the science built from those models is kinda up for debate.
This thread inspired by this excellent thread on the price of secrets, which explains the above concepts better than I ever could, as part of an even more interesting topic: https://twitter.com/harmonylion1/status/1339830951124164608
