Like I knew of the concept but it never fully made sense to me. Like I always tried to understand the kind of thought processes that was entailed by labeling someone's thoughts as such, but it always eluded me.

I think I finally get it though and now I realize I see it a TON on reddit. It's the primacy of theory over reality. Like it is when you take a theoretical schema, which may be correct, and over apply it to data to the point that you disregard data that may contravene the theoretical framework. This results in a static view of the world in which everything must be reduced to static frames. Like the idea of transitional fossils that creationists used to harp on back in the day. All fossils are transitional because all organisms are part if a constantly changing and evolving population. So I guess in a way it's kind of like cargo cult empiricism.

I dunno just some rambling thoughts, bored at work.

  • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Idealism = Bayesian

    Vulgar Empiricism = Frequentist

    Scientific Empiricism = Propensity

    I will not explain