[mieseratte]

> It's well-understood by Marxists how the mode of production determines the cultural superstructure[1] (and vice-versa).

It's not "understood," it's a sociological theory. Hardly hard science.

[zajd]

Who said anything about hard science? Just because something is well-understood by a group of people doesn't mean it has to have some sort of scientific basis to have any validity.

[kortilla]

Well at that point, who gives a shit? It offers no predictive capability like real models.

Might as well talk about how it’s well understood by the Scientology community that it’s indicative of a required audit.