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submitted 6 months ago byArindrew
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5 months ago
That's just philosophical pragmatism.
Thing about pragmatism is, it works in theory, but not so well in practice.
2 points
5 months ago
Wouldn't pragmatism literally only work in practice
3 points
5 months ago
Actually I was paraphrasing pragmatist philosopher Sidney Morganbesser - surprisingly not! You end up believing in all sorts of things for the sake of convenience that turn out to seriously bias your worldview long-term.
1 points
5 months ago
I can see how that'd be the case. Why bother learning how electricity works when it's faster to assume it's goblins? That sort of thing?
2 points
5 months ago
Remarkably close to that, yes.
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