@monerica > Totally neglected is the question, when does something become evidence of something else, and when does it not? Indeed, the ones who want to exercise authority over you do not care about metaphysics. This is exactly why you should care about truth.
dtluna π΄ (dtluna@libertarianism.club)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2018 12:43:49 EST
dtluna π΄Measurement: The Econometric Societyβs original motto was βScience is measurement,β this ideal having been transferred intact from the natural sciences. The frantic and vain attempts to measure intensive psychic magnitudes in psychology and in economics would disappear if it were realized that the very concept of measurement implies the necessity for an objective extensive unit to serve as a measure. But the magnitudes in consciousness are necessarily intensive and therefore not capable of measurement.
dtluna π΄ (dtluna@libertarianism.club)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2018 12:11:30 EST
dtluna π΄We live in the age of the anti-apriori; a complete rejection of any theory which exists independent of βthe data.β This refusal to embrace or even consider the importance of theory advertises itself as a commitment to βevidence,β βhard-facts,β and independence from ideologies and biased interpretations. Any attempt to challenge the usefulness of βfactsβ independent of theory or interpretation is disregarded as extremist, ideological, and therefore rank kookeryβ worthy of dismissal without engagement.