CoryImmediatism

CoryImmediatism OP wrote (edited )

Anarchism rejects ideologies(1), so to the extent that science is an ideology, anarchism rejects it. I reread the passage and three bits stand out to me as the main points of the "anti-science" analysis: "Science is not neutral." "[R]eality itself is not reproducible or predictable or the same for all observers." "[T]his urge [for control] has driven every decision about what counts as 'progress.'" In reality, the anarchists I know use Western medicine (with or without moderation), get vaccines, and take science classes in college, etc. But we also carry with us every day an analysis of the critiques of science and use those analyses to make decisions and to not get swept away by science as an ideology. I think my answer here is true to the experience and attitudes of people in my circle, at least, and hope it is helpful to you.

(1) Further reading on this can be had in Break-Out From the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and I recorded the whole ideology chapter recently on Immediatism.com.

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