11 sats \ 0 replies \ @cozy 18 Jan 2022 \ on: Bitcoin: The Ignition Of A Scientific Revolution bitcoin
If Bitcoin relies on empiricism (infinite regression of induction from evidence) instead of conjectures to falsify and continuously improve our best hard-to-vary explanations, it does not aide in the ongoing revolution that started during the enlightenment and continues to this day. Bitcoin can easily become an anti-rational meme, in fact, I see it happening in real time with language that major influencers use. The culture must be free to criticize, that means, especially, criticizing Bitcoin and its culture itself. The good thing is, "cypherpunks" designed Bitcoin with censorship resistance (the West's Tradition of Criticism)built in. But, that doesn't mean that gatekeepers can't come along and find a way to use that strength against it.
"Reality is made up of hard-to-vary explanations. If someone says “here eat a pound of grass, it’ll cure your common cold,” one doesn’t need to eat a pound of grass because it’s an easy-to-vary explanation. Bitcoin is a hard-to-vary explanation about money."
Here's a great listen on bad philosophy from Brett Hall.