TheTrueLordHumungous t1_irgmrxz wrote on October 7, 2022 at 11:36 PM

Reply to comment by VitriolicViolet in “Scientific progress is thwarted by the ownership of knowledge.” How Karl Popper’s philosophy of science can overcome clinical corruption. by IAI_Admin

I don’t understand the point of this pedantic argument.

iiioiia t1_irizgjb wrote on October 8, 2022 at 4:02 PM

They are useful for identifying the limits of instances of human consciousness, at least. With an adequate sample size, it can also be used to develop an algorithm for how the human mind will behave when it is put into certain situations, what forms of rhetoric and memes it will grasp for when it finds the ground it was standing on no longer (or doesn't actually) exists, etc.