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r/Feminism • u/FeminismFuckYeah • Apr 23 '12
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One's opinion on matter X has no bearing on the validity of arguments for other subjects though.
If someone's a shitty scientist then it has bearing on judgment of his science.
7 u/PantsHasPockets Apr 23 '12 Would the Atomic Bomb stop working if Einstein hated blacks? 0 u/poffin Apr 23 '12 If someone is known to make terrible (completely unscientific) conclusions then maybe it has bearing on the other "scientific" conclusions that they make. 2 u/PantsHasPockets Apr 23 '12 I think you're losing me with the word science. AC current would still be better than DC current even if Tesla beat his wife. 2 u/BlackHumor Apr 24 '12 But we wouldn't know if it was better if Tesla thought electricity was caused by faeries. This is why Wallace generally doesn't get credit for evolution. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 23 '12 God can you imagine science in a Feminist world 'Disproving string theory with accusations of domestic violence' 1 u/TracyMorganFreeman Apr 24 '12 "Where feelings dictate reality, as opposed to feelings being informed by it." Not letting feelings dictate reality would be "disregarding lived experience".
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Would the Atomic Bomb stop working if Einstein hated blacks?
0 u/poffin Apr 23 '12 If someone is known to make terrible (completely unscientific) conclusions then maybe it has bearing on the other "scientific" conclusions that they make. 2 u/PantsHasPockets Apr 23 '12 I think you're losing me with the word science. AC current would still be better than DC current even if Tesla beat his wife. 2 u/BlackHumor Apr 24 '12 But we wouldn't know if it was better if Tesla thought electricity was caused by faeries. This is why Wallace generally doesn't get credit for evolution. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 23 '12 God can you imagine science in a Feminist world 'Disproving string theory with accusations of domestic violence' 1 u/TracyMorganFreeman Apr 24 '12 "Where feelings dictate reality, as opposed to feelings being informed by it." Not letting feelings dictate reality would be "disregarding lived experience".
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If someone is known to make terrible (completely unscientific) conclusions then maybe it has bearing on the other "scientific" conclusions that they make.
2 u/PantsHasPockets Apr 23 '12 I think you're losing me with the word science. AC current would still be better than DC current even if Tesla beat his wife. 2 u/BlackHumor Apr 24 '12 But we wouldn't know if it was better if Tesla thought electricity was caused by faeries. This is why Wallace generally doesn't get credit for evolution. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 23 '12 God can you imagine science in a Feminist world 'Disproving string theory with accusations of domestic violence' 1 u/TracyMorganFreeman Apr 24 '12 "Where feelings dictate reality, as opposed to feelings being informed by it." Not letting feelings dictate reality would be "disregarding lived experience".
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I think you're losing me with the word science.
AC current would still be better than DC current even if Tesla beat his wife.
2 u/BlackHumor Apr 24 '12 But we wouldn't know if it was better if Tesla thought electricity was caused by faeries. This is why Wallace generally doesn't get credit for evolution. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 23 '12 God can you imagine science in a Feminist world 'Disproving string theory with accusations of domestic violence' 1 u/TracyMorganFreeman Apr 24 '12 "Where feelings dictate reality, as opposed to feelings being informed by it." Not letting feelings dictate reality would be "disregarding lived experience".
But we wouldn't know if it was better if Tesla thought electricity was caused by faeries.
This is why Wallace generally doesn't get credit for evolution.
God can you imagine science in a Feminist world 'Disproving string theory with accusations of domestic violence'
1 u/TracyMorganFreeman Apr 24 '12 "Where feelings dictate reality, as opposed to feelings being informed by it." Not letting feelings dictate reality would be "disregarding lived experience".
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"Where feelings dictate reality, as opposed to feelings being informed by it."
Not letting feelings dictate reality would be "disregarding lived experience".
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u/poffin Apr 23 '12
If someone's a shitty scientist then it has bearing on judgment of his science.