Objective
To challenge the ideology. To make more people aware of the theories and how they impact modern life in the UK.
The problem
Post-modernism undermines the foundations of Western civilisationmy replacing the empirical (modernist) use of data, evidence, freedom of thought and speech etc
Comparison of Empirical and Post-Modernist assumptions and methods.
| 1 Evidence-based, ‘empirical’ | 2 Post modernism |
| State the problem. | State the problem. |
| Develop a hypothesis. (suggested explanation) | Create an explanation which blames racism and/or sexism. |
| Gather data or carry out experiments to test the hypothesis. | Claim that ‘data’ is biased and that ‘lived experience’ is the real thing. |
| Reference other high-quality experiments etc. | Reference people who agree with you. |
| See whether the data supports the hypothesis. | Show that the data supports your explanation. (It will, by definition.) |
| Have the results independently peer-reviewed. | Use only people who agree with your explanation to peer review. |
| Publish the results in a high-quality journal. | Publish results in a journal which allows this practice. |
| Have independent people repeat the experiment or test the hypothesis with another method | Don’t attempt to repeat of disprove your theory |
| Welcome critical voices and challenges. | ‘Cancel’ anyone who disagrees and accuse them of racism/sexism. |
| Publish the widely accepted explanation (theory). | Act as though your earlier publication has been widely verified. |