"Scientism"

4 years ago

No PM’s please.

@ludolphus Well said.

Sometimes I wonder if people have been taught what CS Lewis called “scientism” instead of the meaning of science. Are we expected to bow in defeat if someone shouts “science!” at us? As you say, there must be ongoing examination of facts and use of logic. Disagreement is good, because it helps us find our biases and blind spots.

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@ludolphus

Also: with some clients you can mute the hashtag #covid which I will use in these type of posts.

Be well and be safe always 🥜🥜🥜.

@ludolphus

I hope pnut.io doesn’t have a policy like this one: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785?hl=en

I might get banned because of such a policy 😆

#covid

@33MHz

@ludolphus "Videos alleging that if you avoid Asian food, you won’t get the coronavirus" huh!

@ludolphus

@33MHz uhm sadly it is worse than that, what and who gets banned I mean. The only word I have for it is censorship. And look at me self censoring here by marking nsfw, it’s just sad.

@33MHz

@ludolphus Pnut's policies are pretty lax. :}

@ludolphus

@33MHz I thank you for that 😀

@mandy

@ludolphus It grieves me that you felt like you should hide this. Thanks for posting it, the notes were interesting so I plan to watch the whole thing.

@ludolphus

@mandy Hot topic - https://longpo.st/p/829792 - #longpost

@mandy

@ludolphus "Scientism" - https://longpo.st/p/829794 - #longpost

@ludolphus

@mandy thanks, makes me feel better.

@mandy

@ludolphus Financial, mental health, and other physical health problems have been caused and I pray the leaders will reflect back someday and learn well. Was it worth it? Time will tell.

@ludolphus

@mandy we will survive financially somehow I guess. The Netherlands had a drop of about 8% last quarter. That's fairly low compared to many other countries, some even dropped more than 20%.

I hope they reflect and change course soon.

@PhoneBoy

@ludolphus Lockdowns are, at best, delaying the inevitable. They won’t kill the virus, but they are definitely killing the economy. And causing deaths in other areas (like suicides, or medical conditions not getting examined) that will never be counted.

@PhoneBoy

@mandy it’s like our dietary guidelines, which are clearly causing people to become sick and diabetic. They can’t admit they were wrong. Seems like what’s going on with COVID-19 too.

/@ludolphus

@ludolphus

@phoneboy the collateral damage will be or already is way worse..

@ludolphus

@phoneboy yes and with this virus it seems all countries are doing almost the same, that's odd. @mandy

@mandy

@ludolphus @phoneboy I agree with you both.