mutant_zz

@mutant_zz@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Objectivity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely, and a big part of being a good scientist is acknowledging that subjectivity (and well as the degree of uncertainty in all our knowledge). In social science, subjectivity is baked in… there’s no way to avoid it, no matter how hard you try.

  That’s not to say subjectivity means science can’t do anything useful in these areas. Most of the problems with subjectivity come from pretending something is objective when it’s not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Objectivity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Extremely subjective creatures, many of which believe they’re always right (including many “scientists”).

  But yeah, you’re right, the reality is somewhere between the two extremes of the meme. Although we might also want to have a conversation about what “pure objectivity and truth” means.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waiting in a queue to see a Web site⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve been used to having access to websites instantly, but you can’t scale forever. Servers have a real impact on the environment. We’re already using a significant proportion of the world’s electricity on running servers.