Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
by freddie_mercury on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:35AM
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To push back some, how do you see your statement as different from post-modernist ("subjectivism is all that matters") or anti-intellectualist ("I don't care what science has to say") arguments in other subjects?
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Surely in this example, it doesn't matter what science concludes. If the OP feels better after a weekend of sleep, then simply they feel better? Science can't demand that they're either lying or disillusioned. I say this as someone who has a strong belief in science.
Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
by freddie_mercury on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @05:07AM
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I guess I was more talking about how the default reaction wasn't "hmm, maybe this new science should cause me to reevaluate my priors".
Instead it was to, within seconds/minutes, post about how this new scientific finding doesn't apply to them and they don't need to change any existing beliefs or behavior.
Surely our default reaction should be to deeply question our existing beliefs when disconfirming evidence comes up?
Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
by cscurmudgeon on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:09AM
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Our default reaction should be to watch out for shoddy science and shoddy scientific journalism.
This person's feelings are evidence that good science should be able to explain. Dismissing them just because they don't line up with our theory is precisely what anti-intellectualism is all about.