@HephaistosF rigorous STEM is slow and frustrating and leaves us with more questions than answers - these elaborate pseudo-science systems are free to generate satisfying just-so stories... which we're probably instinctively drawn to?
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Reply · Sep 8, 2025@hopes_revenge yes yes, any spark of systematizing must be stomped down lest the weird nerds start to think they're normalQuote tweet · Feb 17, 2025sometimes i wonder if Rationalism is systematized losing https://x.com/sapph_star/status/1891392693571305603Reply · Jul 1, 2021@mattparlmer Idk, but was just thinking about the human instinct for ritual when interacting with complex systems... On one hand it's good to question…Reply · Aug 27, 2023@scanstone1 mass scientific illiteracy & hubristic overconfidence sigh- there's a results button if you know you don't know smdh