Posted on 10/15/2016 9:48:57 AM PDT by bkopto
Students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa brought some interesting concerns before the science faculty this week: namely, they think science as it is currently understood must be abolished.
"The whole thing should scratched off, especially in Africa," said one of the students.
Essentially, these students believe that modern scientific understanding is too Eurocentric.
But according to the student, witchcraft is like Isaac Newton's theory of gravityit's just one way of explaining the world, among many.
"Decolonising the science would mean doing away with it entirely and starting all over again to deal with how we respond to the environment and how we understand it," the student continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
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why is ‘colonization’ good for every country except SA?
I was thinking the same thing.
Basically what they’re saying is that truth is racist, reality is racist.
"A [closed] mind is a terrible thing to waste [university tuition on]."
Where there goes Charles Darwin. Don’t these students know that Genesis was written by “rednecks” to oppress people of color??? [/sarcasm]
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