The teaching of natural sciences has lost its former rigour in favour of social science claims that are blatant nonsense, such as the argument that scientific knowledge is not based on observation, hypothesis generation and rigorous testing by the world scientific community, but is “constructed” within the framework of the political and social convictions of scientists.
Of course, engage in humanities punching instead of any internal critique of the sciences. Because distrust in sciences is totally coming from a handful of dusty post-modernist philosophical academics and not hordes of reactionary forces.
Those societies that have lagged behind are those that tried to subordinate science to social convictions, including religions and such political dogmas as Marxism, nazism, fascism and similar movements that forbid free, critical thinking.
Ah there it is, blame the scary leftists, natural enemies of materialism.
It’s a halfway thing; reactionaries love post-modernism, implicitly, when it comes to epistemological relativism but hate it when it comes to moral relativism. So I don’t think post-modernism set out to be reactionary but it ended up with an unintended consequence of being useful for reactionaries as they can turn the logic back around on itself. Go too far down the rabbit hole, post-modernism ends up being a ouroboros eating its own tail.
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Of course, engage in humanities punching instead of any internal critique of the sciences. Because distrust in sciences is totally coming from a handful of dusty post-modernist philosophical academics and not hordes of reactionary forces.
Ah there it is, blame the scary leftists, natural enemies of materialism.
To be honest, I do think that post-modernism is reactionary.
It’s one and the same with the reactionary trends in society.
It’s a halfway thing; reactionaries love post-modernism, implicitly, when it comes to epistemological relativism but hate it when it comes to moral relativism. So I don’t think post-modernism set out to be reactionary but it ended up with an unintended consequence of being useful for reactionaries as they can turn the logic back around on itself. Go too far down the rabbit hole, post-modernism ends up being a ouroboros eating its own tail.
Judging by its origins, it seems that it was reactionary from the get-go. The academic journals during the 70s and 80s picked up on it pronto.
Oh nice emoji.