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Re:When Science Went Modern by whatshisface on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:57PM (#20531699)
The problem is that Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a lot easier to understand than any theory that was involved in any of the supposed revolutions. Reading false narratives will always be an easier route to gratification than reading actual knowledge.
Re:When Science Went Modern by acqq on Friday July 26, 2019 @04:19AM (#20533205)
And sadly, there are whole professions whose job description can be summarized as "spread the false narratives." People are paid to repeat them and attack those that question them:

https://milkweed.org/book/the-war-on-science

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/War_on_Science