Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy Understanding How Paradigms Work
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Mar 6, 2017 AI Snips
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How Paradigms Disguise Themselves As Reality
- A paradigm is a self-contained lens that feels like reality rather than a model.
- Leo explains paradigms hide assumptions so people mistake their view for the only truth, enabling deep self-deception.
Kuhn Showed Science Is Paradigm Driven
- Thomas Kuhn's history of science shows normal science is conservative and paradigm-driven.
- Kuhn found scientists mostly collect data to validate existing paradigms, not to overthrow them, until anomalies force revolutions.
Paradigms Shape Inquiry And Imagination
- Paradigms shape what gets studied, which questions are asked, question structure, and how results are interpreted.
- Leo adds paradigms also determine what is imagined as possible, limiting creative hypotheses.