With postmodernism, coherence is not required
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Logic and science are tools of the patriarchy and must be dismantled
The hottest take I've seen is "science has been made by and for men's brain, which is why women can't access it", which got me pretty puzzled. (But to be honest I've only seen this one once, and every movement has people who push it way too far.)
It seems to be a gross misunderstanding and amplification of the fact that the XVIIIth century did purposely push every science towards abstraction, claiming that applied/illustrated science was "woman's stuff" and thus not "pure" enough.
The assumption of men = abstract, women = practical is already a big, unsupported claim, extending it to "so we're collectively too stupid for current maths" is wild.
(However, I've seen others using the same premise of what happened in the XVIIIth century to advocate for the return of a more visual side of maths and science in general, and that's something that can only be fun because it's a side of science we've somehow lost in education.)
Postmodern thought (specifically with relation to social constructivism, which seems to be what's being referred to here) is basically just a philosophical own-goal. They dismiss the value of reason for the sake of pretending that everyone's reasoning is equally valid. To which they proceed to aggressively label certain kinds of thoughts as "less valid" and so on, basically embodying the kind of chaotic thought process that would make Orwell cry at what we've allowed to be created under our noses.
I'm not making this up, look it up yourself
Logic and science are tools of the patriarchy and must be dismantled
It seems to be a gross misunderstanding and amplification of the fact that the XVIIIth century did purposely push every science towards abstraction, claiming that applied/illustrated science was "woman's stuff" and thus not "pure" enough.
The assumption of men = abstract, women = practical is already a big, unsupported claim, extending it to "so we're collectively too stupid for current maths" is wild.
(However, I've seen others using the same premise of what happened in the XVIIIth century to advocate for the return of a more visual side of maths and science in general, and that's something that can only be fun because it's a side of science we've somehow lost in education.)