Esar comments on The Useful Idea of Truth - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 October 2012 06:16PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2012 04:34:42PM 1 point [-]

Systematic execution of the old guard doesn't count as scientific progress? Hmm, or does it?

Comment author: TimS 02 October 2012 04:39:38PM 2 points [-]

Someone is trying to set up a strawman. Kuhn didn't advocate violent overthrow of the scientific establishment - he simply noted that generational change was an under-appreciated part of the change of scientific orthodoxy.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2012 06:59:07PM 0 points [-]

Someone is just trying to make a joke.

Comment author: DaFranker 02 October 2012 08:50:09PM *  0 points [-]

The prose wasn't quite as good as the joke's intent, so part of the effect was lost. Still, it made me smile, FWIW :P