The parallel between mansplaining and sciencesplaining is brillant. Both represent the death throes of dominant ideologies trying to lecture their way back into power. Edward Luce's point about liberals confusing science with faith durring COVID cuts deep. When you have to browbeat people into accepting your epistemoligical framework, you've already lost. Frank's assumption that young men just need to work harder to see science properly mirrors the paternalistic approach liberals take toward any demographic that doesn't vote the way they want.
The parallel between mansplaining and sciencesplaining is brillant. Both represent the death throes of dominant ideologies trying to lecture their way back into power. Edward Luce's point about liberals confusing science with faith durring COVID cuts deep. When you have to browbeat people into accepting your epistemoligical framework, you've already lost. Frank's assumption that young men just need to work harder to see science properly mirrors the paternalistic approach liberals take toward any demographic that doesn't vote the way they want.
This is great.