Saturday, May 21, 2016
Where are the philosophers?
Polistra asked this question before in a broader context. Time to ask it again in a highly specific case.
The Guidance is a violation of all laws of truth and logic and morality at all levels. At the deepest level it's a violation of epistemology.
How do we know things? By examining them and applying our experience. Some complicated things require more instrumentation like voltmeters or microscopes; at that point epistemology morphs into metrology, but it's the same process. Our experience, our pattern recognition abilities, our language, turn the raw perception into a statement or assertion.
Let's take a schoolgirl trying to pee in a school restroom. Suddenly the stall door pops open and a teenage boy appears.
Normal observation: This is a boy, and he wants to do bad things. Normal statement or assertion: I need to get the hell out of here and scream for help.
This observation is now EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN BY THE GUIDANCE. The girl doesn't know if the thing facing her has declared itself to be a Trans thing or not. If the thing has stated verbally that it is a Trans Thing, its presence in the restroom is UNPUNISHABLE and her attempt to complain about the thing's presence is ILLEGAL. What's more, the girl is NOT ALLOWED TO ASK ANYONE whether the thing is a boy or a girl or a Trans or a XRY6ON9HF. All channels of observation and knowledge are OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
Where have all the philosophers gone? Gone to COOLNESS every one. They know one thing firmly from their own observation and experience: Truth doesn't get grants. Only absolute rigid adherence to Party Doctrine gets grants. 
Where have all the philosophers gone? Gone to COOLNESS every one. They know one thing firmly from their own observation and experience: Truth doesn't get grants. Only absolute rigid adherence to Party Doctrine gets grants. Labels: defensible spaces, epistemology, Metrology
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