The scientific method requires identifying each object by its properties or attributes
rather than by the labels someone assigns to it.
Let's look at examples that illustrate this.
1) An antique sculpture is valued for its form and realization.
Today the value is given by the signature of the author.
2) A Picasso painting is worth millions because of its signature.
It doesn't matter if it was painted by his cook's baby. The same happens with architecture.
3) In politics, people are already voting for leaders instead of programs.
Hence, the epidemic of messianism we are suffering from.
Thought has been robotized by algorithms that blindly handle sequences
of symbols instead of concepts.
It is a fact, that smart people talk about ideas and data. Stupid people talk about people, but very stupid people talk about themselves.
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