[lbo-talk] Scientism

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Fri Oct 6 19:34:45 PDT 2006


There is no such thing as science as a discipline -- apart from the people who carry it out.

If there is, perhaps you will point it out to me.

Joanna

boddi satva wrote:


> No, I'd say that scienTISTS are filled with prejudices, but science as
> a discipline is not.
>
> I think we're talking about science as a discipline here.
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> Boddi
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> On 10/6/06, Andy F <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 10/6/06, boddi satva <lbo.boddi at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Engineering, on the other hand, is filled with prejudices.
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>> Science is chock full of prejudices. Prejudices are part of the human
>> condition, the trick is to recognize them. Why should application
>> change this either way? Not recognizing them in engineering will bite
>> you harder and faster than if your doing controlled experiments or
>> waiting around for an observation.
>>
>> --
>> Andy
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