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The audacity (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is my fourth semester teaching at a university and about every other lesson turns into me soapboxing about context.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Context and nuance, arguably the most important constructs of knowledge building and nobody seems to have a solid grasp on either. I hesitate to say "any more" because it's entirely possible they never did.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus, the horror. This is my biggest pet peeve.
I can't let it go.

[–] RagingNerdoholic 11 points 1 year ago

iTs jUsT A tHeoRy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I get that this could be making fun of the idea that a hypothesis is different to a theory, but there are epistemic stances that don't distinguish between either. From that perspective, both a hypothesis and a theory answer the question of "What do you think is happening here?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I thought the meme was parodying the people who dwell on the difference. I wonder what it's really making fun of.