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37: Andrew Marantz - Surfing the Wake of The Woke

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The Human Construction of Scientific Knowledge

There is an enlightenment adjustment that has to do with not being quite so naive about the role of truth and our ability to comprehend comprehend it. It seems like as soon as you understand a little bit of relativism, like if i make the point, for example, that there was a problem called mabi conjecture that was solved in the literature for seven years before somebody realized that the proof was not correct. You can't just instantly go insane once you find out that humans are involved and will bring their humanity into every objective thing that they're doingyes? Well, i think there are many, many non insane ways of talking about the human construction of scientific knowledge. I mean, i think th

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