I think someone is failing to consider that sometimes truth gets mixed with politics. When truth and politics mix, it suddenly becomes very significant whether other people accept your truth or not. People become not just wrong, but enemy. Can this concept be dis-entwined from the concept of authoritarian guardianship of non-recoverable truth?
For example, I would say that Democrats are supposed to be forward-looking and in favor of knowledge and science, yet I’m quite sure that many Democrats would be opposed to scientific studies that show ineffectiveness of one of their social programs.
I think someone is failing to consider that sometimes truth gets mixed with politics. When truth and politics mix, it suddenly becomes very significant whether other people accept your truth or not. People become not just wrong, but enemy. Can this concept be dis-entwined from the concept of authoritarian guardianship of non-recoverable truth?
For example, I would say that Democrats are supposed to be forward-looking and in favor of knowledge and science, yet I’m quite sure that many Democrats would be opposed to scientific studies that show ineffectiveness of one of their social programs.