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To: Radioheart
are now turning against science

No surprise here. To the leftist way of looking at things, there is no objective reality. All is ideological and "socially constructed". Science and math can be deconstructed when necessary, too, as has been done with literature and history. No joke: I have read feminist critics complain that science, math, management science, etc. are socially imposed types of thinking that men are better at than women, which helps keep women out of real power . . . Make sure your kids are being taught real math and science in school, not feel good approximations. I wouldn't want people who learned approximate math designing bridges! ;)

My comments go beyond the focus of the author, but it struck a nerve . . .

3 posted on 01/23/2002 5:29:49 AM PST by AMDG&BVMH
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To: Radioheart
"Science and math can be deconstructed when necessary, too, as has been done with literature and history...

Well, they are certainly TRYING. However, since science must be based on objective reality to exist, they aren't being nearly as successful. Literature and history are pretty easily de-constructed, as in the final analysis, their content is simply opinion (history ought not to be, but historians sold out to the left LONG AGO),

My wife (a scientist) had this argument with a "colleague" (an English major) who was trying to teach engineers how to write better. The English major was into "deconstruction" in a big way. She had a hard time showing how the "law of gravity" could be influenced by "gender perspective", though.

6 posted on 01/23/2002 5:50:01 AM PST by Wonder Warthog
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