tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post113211924155161036..comments2024-01-02T02:45:17.328-06:00Comments on Notes from Dr. RW: How did pseudoscience get admitted to medical school?Robert W Donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-1132505220128797522005-11-20T10:47:00.000-06:002005-11-20T10:47:00.000-06:00What is missing is the principle of reproducibilit...What is missing is the principle of reproducibility. Under scientific theory, a finding accepted as a fact should be reproducible by others under the same conditions. It is the antithesis of the relativist philosophy, or post-modernism, if that is what you wish to call it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-1132401521707784172005-11-19T05:58:00.000-06:002005-11-19T05:58:00.000-06:00I might have no business in the postmodernism deba...I might have no business in the postmodernism debate hall, but if pomo<BR/>denies objective truth,is that not self refuting ?james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-1132396133366528562005-11-19T04:28:00.000-06:002005-11-19T04:28:00.000-06:00Truth is truth. What do postmodernists think if th...Truth is truth. What do postmodernists think if there's a truck bearing down on them? "I wonder if the driver's truth about running me down is the same as my truth about apparently being run down"? A scientist would get out of the way. Unfortunately, homeopathy et al appear to be a very large truck indeed...EoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565450093920373243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-1132383741314267032005-11-19T01:02:00.000-06:002005-11-19T01:02:00.000-06:00Well, Tyson, I guess we can at least agree about p...Well, Tyson, I guess we can at least agree about postmodernism-- it denies objective truth. But I'm not sure I agree with you about science. I thought science started with observations. Then the mental model was formed in an attempt to give meaning to the observations. The mental model was modified by additional observations, and on and on. So yes, science is tentative. And while it Robert W Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-1132375372101625782005-11-18T22:42:00.000-06:002005-11-18T22:42:00.000-06:00I am not an expert in postmodernism, poststructura...I am not an expert in postmodernism, poststructuralism, or any literary theory.<BR/>But it sure seems to me like an awful lot of people are abusing pomo in particular without even really knowing what the hell it is. Given that almost no one knows what the hell it is, this is almost forgivable, but the cost of being hoity-toity and a fan of intellectual rigor is that you can't just start banging Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com