94b jbml thln because science & democracy deal


IN
MATTERS OF
PUBLIC RECORD, THEY
SHARE AN INTEREST IN DISTINGUISHING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXPERIENCE,
AND AN INHERENT PREFERENCE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED REASONING TO FAITH AND INTUITION
AS JUSTIFICATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION.

WHILE MY PERSONAL INTUITION IS OBVIOUSLY
A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE FOR ME, AND ITS UNSCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS DO NOT DISQUALIFY IT AS A BASIS
FOR PERSONAL ACTION, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE, IN ANY THEORY OF DEMOCRACY, TO IMPOSE IT IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
WITHOUT AN EMPIRICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC TESTING
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCIENTIFIC METHOD.

BUT IN THE DAILY POLITICAL REALITIES OF OUR TWO COUNTRIES,
THIS DISTINCTION IS FREQUENTLY INVERTED, WITH MATTERS OF PRIVATE EXPERIENCE REGULARLY HYPED AS THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR LAW, AND WELL-ESTABLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESULTS DISMISSED AS "ONLY A THEORY."

THIS INVERSION IS A FEATURE OF THE CULTURAL MALADAPTATION YOU DISCUSS ~
IT IS HIGHLY ADAPTIVE TO THE COHESION OF
PARTICULAR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT
POORLY ADAPTED TO
LONG-TERM
SURVIVAL.
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