Douglas_Knight comments on Rationality quotes: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 19 March 2010 04:21:15AM 1 point [-]

The question of how and why the general public reacts seem to be a question of psychology or sociology, not philosophy. So why are you asking about postmodern philosophical positions? worse, why are you discussing how people should react?

Comment author: alexflint 19 March 2010 11:43:40AM 0 points [-]

The question of how and why the general public reacts seem to be a question of psychology or sociology, not philosophy.

Completely agree.

So why are you asking about postmodern philosophical positions?

Well my friend seems to think that it all comes down to a misplaced belief in objective reality. I disagree, but it's hard to counter-argue when I don't know what the philosophical positions she refers to actually are.