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7/8/2025, 1:33:00 AM
>>17823464
>Why do you believe calling things you don't like spooky or mystical is an argument?
Because I'm only interested in practical useful information about the world that I can actually use. Any claims of some ultimate knowing is spooky and has to rely on some kind of mystical origin.
>The universe is created and it's etched into the universal fabric that red bananas are bad because they have a 15% higher chance of giving you cancer
or
>scientific studies have shown red bananas have a higher risk of cancer, so they sould be avoided.
One is grounded, the other mystical. One is cautious the other ultimate.
>>17823486
That's the simpler way of putting it. But these guys moved away from Marxism, and looped around and started to reject all the other elements of liberalism, including rationalism, humanism, and science not just liberal economics. The post-structuralists are defined by their anti-liberalism.
>Why do you believe calling things you don't like spooky or mystical is an argument?
Because I'm only interested in practical useful information about the world that I can actually use. Any claims of some ultimate knowing is spooky and has to rely on some kind of mystical origin.
>The universe is created and it's etched into the universal fabric that red bananas are bad because they have a 15% higher chance of giving you cancer
or
>scientific studies have shown red bananas have a higher risk of cancer, so they sould be avoided.
One is grounded, the other mystical. One is cautious the other ultimate.
>>17823486
That's the simpler way of putting it. But these guys moved away from Marxism, and looped around and started to reject all the other elements of liberalism, including rationalism, humanism, and science not just liberal economics. The post-structuralists are defined by their anti-liberalism.
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