Look at me, being post-a-riffic

[mervnet]

I have a strange compulsion, or automatic reaction, to write about doing nothing-- like, I did nothing yesterday night, I'm doing nothing right now.  Makes it sound as if I'm not busy or something.  Probably because the only time I write posts is when I'm not busy doing something else

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[caywood]

I've switched teams and now generally argue against science and logic (to a degree) in many scenarios, I think that's a mistake.

You think it's a mistake to argue against logic and reasoning or you think it's a mistake to just use logic and reasoning and that's why you argue against it?

I think you shoud come up with a new way of researching that combines logic with observing and it totally new and amazing.
Why does anyone even try?
Good question. Sometimes it seems pointless. I think that if you think you are figuring out the answers to pertain to EVERYONE then you are making a mistake. You can't do that. Too many exceptions. If you are answering questions so that you think you are right and it makes sense to you and maybe to a few other poeple, that's good enough. That's what I think. Or at least, that's as good as it's gonna get today. Maybe in the future when we can truly read everyone's minds it will be different.

[mervnet]

Hey, read that sentence you took the quotation from again, you severely misquoted it: Science has really taken over the social sciences, and because I've switched teams and now generally argue against science and logic (to a degree) in many scenarios, I think that's a mistake.

Yes, new ways of researching... That's a good idea. I'll work on that. :)

But if it just makes sense to me and couple others, it'll not make sense to some people too, there will be more arguing, more standstills, more weak comprimises... It may just be human nature, but I don't like that response either... I'll never be satisfied though. :)

Mind-reading... Yeah, maybe that's it!

Hey, thanks for the response, some good points there...

[caywood]

I wouldn't say that was a "severe" misquote. I quoted it directly, I just left the first part off. :)

I honestly don't think there is a "real" or "Best" way to psychologically measure every single person in the world. It keeps changing and it will keep changing because people change. I feel like you can only make your measurements in the moment and within context. That's about it. It seems like you might agree with that...? If not, in what cases would you not agree?

[dreampeanut]

It seems like normal education is becoming horribly boring and attempts to be scientific. I'm not sure that I know anything about the big debate, but from my experience in education, science based approaches don't reach every student. However, if you leave science and statistics out of it, you don't reach every student. I haven't crunched the numbers, but, relying on science may make it easier to identified those individuals who aren't benefiting from the system in place. In general, this might make it easier to provide support/something different to the "outliers

[mervnet]

Interesting idea-- I haven't run into that, but it's worth considering, in a way. I mean, ideally, all parents are teachers for their kids, but we know how that works out... There are a lot of people I don't want teaching my kids, but then again, everyone has his or her specialty that I WOULD want to teach my kids... Worth thinking about more, for sure... I'll let you know if I come across anything...