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Comment author: [deleted] 13 December 2011 09:12:12PM *  1 point [-]

Or to put it another way, can science be separated from power and discourse?

You mean can bayes structure work without mapping it onto the social domain? Yes.

RETRACTED: If science works, as in predicts reality, why are any other questions even relevant?

Comment author: TimS 13 December 2011 09:25:53PM 1 point [-]

If science works, as in predicts reality, why are any other questions even relevant?

Because scientists do not naturally limit themselves to that domain. Scientists routinely do things like abusing the halo effect

Comment author: [deleted] 13 December 2011 09:31:35PM 1 point [-]

Good point. I knew that point would bite me. I'm going to edit.