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Experience Arises Together With Theoretical Assumptions Not Before Them, And An Experience Without Theory Is Just As Incomprehensible As Is (allegedly) A Theory Without Experience.

Yes, The Academic World Is Screwed Up, And There Is Nothing You Can Do About It. But Don't Worry About That. Just Do What You Want. If You Know What You Want To Do And Advocate For It, No One Will Put Any Energy Into Stopping You.

A Free Society Is A Society In Which All Traditions Have Equal Rights And Equal Access To The Centers Of Power. A Tradition Receives These Rights Not Because The Importance The Cash Value, As It Were) It Has For Outsiders But Because It Gives Meaning To The Lives Of Those Who Participate In It.

Arguments Hardly Affect The Faithful- Their Beliefs Have An Entirely Different Foundation.

It Is Often Assumed That Science Starts From Facts And Eschews Counter-factual Theories. Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth. What Is One Of The Basic Assumptions Of The Scientific World-view? That The Variety Of Events That Surrounds Us Is Held Together By A Deeper Unity.