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Originally Posted by sjastro
When you get comments like this.
Or the words to the effect implied on numerous occasions "I don't post in the science forum due to the behaviour of people."
I find this a trifle strange given the General Chat forum is much more about expressing beliefs and is clearly more volatile than the Science forum , yet I don't recall people expressing such negativity about the General Chat forum.
So what gives.....
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What I cannot fathom myself, is the source of the vitriolic personal attacks directed at those attempting to scramble their way into the rigid perspectives demanded by scientific rigor.
I mean for instance, I have never jumped into the middle of a technical conversation about the nitty-gritty of image processing techniques and attacked someone trying to learn that craft.
Science is no different to this. Philosophy is a basic requisite for practising science. If science drums up philosophical issues for some folk, then why attack those deliberately attempting to strengthen their understandings of it, and accuse them of being brutish animals ?
When Science Forum participants are accused of the attack, its usually been on the Science Forum's home ground ... Science Forum participants are bound to defend, if they care about their learning and strengthening the essential (& often complex) perspectives .. of course you'll get defence if you disrupt someone's often critically balanced learning … ?!!?? …
Cheers