We can still observe and discuss methods for making observations.
Yes. Hypotheses. Ideas.
But the point of the scientific method is to get us high-quality ideas. How would that cure the derangement of an idea-centered perspective?.
Maybe if you removed the model-making part. Leave the primacy of observation and the utility of peer-review. Maybe.
There is also the assumption of the central importance of ideas, which is a rather deranged perspective when you think about it.
Don't get me wrong, ideas have high utility, for memory and language and such, but still.
An idea is just a little thing, and any association between it and the rest of reality is purely contrived.
I relate. I edit, then edit again. How anybody can come up with the right words the first time is beyond me. And ya, brevity is power.
You want real-ass harry potter magic? ADHD/Sperg/Autist is the gateway. I think that this is missing from the alternative. Like you have an itty bitty piece of 3d matter embedded in your 2d, flatland-living, flatland-society self.
I relate. I sound like a genius in writing, relatively speaking. I guess it's not uncommon.
Just say no to rugs.
Secret Level.
The Outsider
I worry about money.
The curse of success. Now you have to do the same thing for the rest of your life.
Yeah but it isn't the key central focus of the deal anymore then. It's just a convenient accessory.