• i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
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    Haha that’s exactly it: perception of reality. It doesn’t change the underlying real world, and so it only affects “truth” if we are forced to redefine it based on what socio-constructivism wants it to be.

    It’s just like alt-right debates: just by accepting to play the game, you already lost. It’s a logical paradox, and therefore it can’t be a valid theory.

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      1 day ago

      You’ll be surprise how often paradox is just a proxy term for we don’t fully understand it yet. The point remains, scientists, as subjective human beings we all are, can only approximate natural truth through our own perspectives. Socially constructing knowledge that we deem our truth. Is it a game? Yes. Can it be politized by bad faith actors? Absolutely. Best we understand it to fight it than try to pledge absolutism as a banner, because that will pe politized too. And there we will lose. Absolutism feeds fascism, nuance and empathy are the enemies of fascists.