Posted on 08/02/2021 2:58:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
Thomas Kuhn, a renowned philosopher of science, suggested in his 1962 work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions that scientific progress advances through a series of revolutionary cycles. In each cycle, a dominant scientific model ("Normal Science") is widely accepted by consensus within the scientific community. Anomalies that contradict the model may emerge, causing the model to "drift" away from scientific consensus. When new observations severely contradict the existing model, the model undergoes a "crisis," leading to the emergence of new models ("model revolution"). A "paradigm shift" then occurs in which a competing model becomes dominant, and the cycle repeats over time.
The philosopher Imre Lakatos provided an important critique of the Kuhn Cycle in his 1970 paper "Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes." Lakatos described scientific progress as a series of competing research programs that each had a "hard core" of scientific theories that cannot be undermined. As anomalous observations are made that threaten core theories, a "protective belt" of hypotheses are developed to accommodate new observations while preserving the core theories. Ultimately, a dominant research program may be superseded by a competing research program that produces greater scientific progress.
The dangers of blind trust in scientific consensus and the relevance of scientific philosophy have become increasingly obvious during the public health failures surrounding COVID-19. Indeed, we have witnessed several examples of a Kuhn Cycle in just the past few months! The clearest and most alarming example is the so-called "lab leak theory," which opines that COVID-19 originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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You will have to ask one of the four or five versions of Fauci we’ve seen the past 18 months.
Will the paradigm shifts be identified by Greek letters?
As many as it takes to keep Trump out.
I would have preferred the Elder Futhark, myself.
It's all politics. It's all about control.
One may argue that COVID is a bigger deal than the flu, but from a political and social viewpoint, it ought to be treated like the flu, bro. You just have to get through it.
COVID is not an existential crisis for civilization -- but the fascist control of society may be just such an existential crisis.
Had to look that one up, LOL!
Moving the COVID goal posts is one of those “shovel ready jobs” Obama talked about years ago.
Gotta admit it would have been *way* cooler than Greek.
:)
Depends on how much bullshit the people are willing to swallow.
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