My unease with studying Cumming’s ideas is not just because it’s horrific PR—though I think it is—and definitely not just because I don’t think it could teach anything, but because it is geared towards learning things which enhance distrust among people.
You could say the same thing about learning about the discourse that lead to the replication crisis. It’s a discourse about creating distrust among people.
Improving existing institutions is inherently about distrusting how they operate.
Improving existing institutions is inherently about distrusting how they operate.
That’s true, and a fair criticism, but the replication crisis was about object-level criticisms of the science—it certainly did not start with strategizing about convincing people to take political action.
You could say the same thing about learning about the discourse that lead to the replication crisis. It’s a discourse about creating distrust among people.
Improving existing institutions is inherently about distrusting how they operate.
That’s true, and a fair criticism, but the replication crisis was about object-level criticisms of the science—it certainly did not start with strategizing about convincing people to take political action.