The Difference Between Paradime and Episteme

Paradimes are easy all that thomas coon's referencing when he says paradime. The scientist using these things not only knows all about them, they know that they are the best practices of the time they're living. An episteme is a set of entirely unconscious assumptions that are made by scientists. These assumptions ultimately dictate everything from the experiments the scientist chooses to run, to the questions the scientist thinks are worth answering and even what the scientific community as a whole decides should be accepted or rejected.