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AlbertCat

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12. the scientific tradition gave us social Darwinism, "scientific" racism, and eugenics

Reply to Deep13 (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 06:38 AM

Mar 2012

scientific tradition? What's that? Observation, experimentation and confirmation? These things DEBUNK social Darwinism, "scientific" racism, and eugenics!

Science didn't give us the atomic bomb. It merely discovered that an atom can be split.

What people do with what science discovers is not necessarily science.

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Sometimes I thought I had it all figured out [View all] Goblinmonger Mar 2012 OP

po-mo? dmallind Mar 2012 #1

Postmodernism Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #2

Not sure how that's relevant to science OR religion. dmallind Mar 2012 #5

Po mo works fine for any number of things, but empirical proof ain't one of them. nt rrneck Mar 2012 #3

As a literature teacher, I agree completely. Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #4

I'm a po mo artist (more or less). Labels are dicey. :) nt rrneck Mar 2012 #6

Nice Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #7

The latest piece rrneck Mar 2012 #9

Isn't David Lynch a Repuclican? Maybe not relevant to you, but I'm boycotting them when I can. lib_wit_it Mar 2012 #11

Yeah, he's a Reagan admiring libertarian Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #13

ugh - Ender's Game progressoid Mar 2012 #16

I love pro-mo, but the best argument for science is it works. ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #8

post modernism is a deconstruction and... Deep13 Mar 2012 #10

the scientific tradition gave us social Darwinism, "scientific" racism, and eugenics AlbertCat Mar 2012 #12

So, as a historian, how can I tell... Deep13 Mar 2012 #15

Here's why I think po-mo posts are breaking out over there Rob H. Mar 2012 #14