'I feel that the idea of #emergence, and much of #ComplexityTheory in general, is just a form of "science-plaining", where science invents its own jargon to "explain" to the #humanities (and people at large) what they have known for centuries, while maintaining the untenable position that it "objectively describes the world".'
#scienceplaining #science #philosophy
https://mishathings.org/posts/emergence/
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