[foolrush]

You realize that science is ideological, epistemological, and political?

Edit: I appreciate all of the vote downs. Empiricism is as guilty in choosing models according to power dynamics as any ideological endeavor. See phrenology. To suggest science isn't political and ideological is absolutely delusional.

[highfiveui]

Is science not about finding the truth above all else?

[kthejoker2]

Mm .... Maybe?

Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has the most relevant writing on this.

[foolrush]

The search for truth is fundamentally epistemological. There is a fascinating dive into just what science is, when it began, etc.

One might disagree with his language, but this post is remarkably insightful to begin such a dive:

http://fucktheory.tumblr.com/post/57633497486/in-which-steve...

[Jabanga]

That is the postmodern anti-science belief, which assumes that truth is not really truth. It is just a device used in power struggles between identity groups. It's so extreme that there was actually paper published on feminist glaciology [1]. This is not science. It is just dogma and actually hostile to the principle of science as a pursuit of objective truth carried out by people of good faith.

[1] http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309132515623368

[daughart]

You should read a little about the history and sociology of science.

[foolrush]

Feel free to explore what truth is. Hint: You will end up in epistemology. It is also clear you have never read a Postmodern text in your life.