We have a new preprint out! And one that is especially dear to my heart:
"Re-Engineering Wimsatt for Limited Beings"
https://zenodo.org/records/18293424
Bill Wimsatt is possibly the most underrated philosopher of science of our times. In this paper, I attempt to translate his key ideas into a format that every scientist can understand.
Artwork by Marcus Neustetter.
Reading this paper will change the way you do science, and how you see the world, forever. I promise.
RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/115918117109281530
Yes. Science is a social construct. But even though our knowledge will never be truly objective, or complete, we can still get a good grip on reality.
Science is the best way we've devised so far to get to terms with the large & bewildering world we live in.
It's unlike any other human way to generate knowledge.
But it's also deeply related to how any organism comes to know the world:: by acting on expectations & evaluating the consequence of our actions.