Oct 19, 2026, 1:01 PM@theluddite@assemblag.es @hipsterelectron@circumstances.run Yes. Which claim are you dubious of exactly? You said nearly the same things as I did in your thread (which I apologize for not having read before I responded), for instance: "when bringing your own subjectivity into a system, you should challenge yourself to understand it on its own terms, which involves understanding its inputs and responses to those inputs". Where I take issue is when the "system" involves people. Slightly more subtly, the challenge being issued here, taken in context, involves a person in the system and tasks them with putting their subjectivity to one side, mechanizing themselves. Otherwise it's a restatement of scientific objectivity, and does no extra work; one does something with the understanding gained aside from pursuing further understanding.
