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On 12/22/06, Ryan Lanham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Said another way, smart apes evolved because they needed to deal with
> complex territoriality of overlapping networks-tribal rivalries versus needs
> for broader gene pools, mating opportunities, etc. Migrators or
> inter-actors inevitably evolve as smarter beings that can solve which groups
> it is smart to belong to. Said another way still, ontologies are applied
> when they make sense. The ontologies that win-including science-based
> reason-are those that are useful for surviving in complex group domains-or
> ecosystems...
I can't believe I am hearing someone seriously suggest that the
ontology of "science and reason" is "winning" because it is "useful."
The counter-arguments are too numerous to mention, but any climate
change, global poverty, or suicide index should suffice. The
historical contingencies involved in the "evolution" of scientism and
rationality are legion.
-p
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