caution the third culture.
A couple of entries talk about the third culture, how is very good and positive that scientists and specialists come down from Mount Olympus where they and we find ourselves, which is good for this sort of scientific elitism, where only those who manage the vocabulary and knowledge are entitled to know more.
laudable initiative. But we must proceed very, very careful.
Why?
scientific knowledge (ideally) takes on his inability to know the whole truth, assumes that truth can not be sure that we can perceive through our senses all the things. Thus scientific knowledge is not truth but says "no lies" (a hypothesis, it it is found that is not false) [This definition gave my professor of social theory]
Here is where we should be careful, because when scientific knowledge becomes common sense knowledge (which is common to many men) many sometimes assumed that knowledge as "true", it is assumed as the ultimate truth, which neither science itself would dare to ask, how could I do if you know that tomorrow with more technology and knowledge that claims can now be completely invalid!
crystallize in the common sense meaning, we take it for real and we take as true (taken from my notes of social theory). This may seem
theoretical speculation, but it takes a lot of sense when we think of the obvious. Think what is obvious? something self-evident, something that no doubt it is, real. So when scientific knowledge is known by all, and becomes common sense knowledge, it gives indeed. A clear example is something I can see from my position as a psychology student: The other day I heard "people who are jealous is because it is unsafe" and I asked "where did you get that?" How are you so sure? No I can believe that you reduce the complexity of people "- to which I replied," but if the world too I know! "-and I pregunto'-but from where did you get?" and he says ...- The psychological experiments have shown much!.
Then I dropped the tile.
What do you think? is impressive amount of knowledge that we indeed worst is that people who study invulnerable sometimes think this "because they know, but I myself have noticed that we also certainly true that much of what we teach. No call to disbelief, to discredit all, just ask and I say that sometimes we'd be better to be more critical (constructively), especially with common sense, which becomes obvious, and this is also the responsibility of those who share their knowledge. Special thanks
Luis Barros, a professor of social theory UDP.
And of course you who read me and give true meaning to my blog!
Thanks.
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