So I am getting a better understanding of Incommensurability now, but even a better picture of how it relates to research paradigms. I’m guessing that there are some brutal verbal brawls out there between people who sit heavily in one camp or the other. At some point, I have to wonder what good any research is. If each study has to be from only one paradigm, but reality shows us that all are operating at once – why should I bother? Other than I guess if I get a job at doing it someday. If there can’t be a research paradigm out there that mixes all three like reality, then what are we doing? But, who am I kidding – I like to look at this kind of stuff even when I disagree with it. And it does help us get closer to something useful. Sometimes.

The Other and the problem of other minds. Man, I can’t wait to mess with someone’s head the next time I see a crazy Facebook argument. Even though Habermas is probably not into Facebook, I wonder what he would say about all of that. I bet he could really cause some heads to spin. But even though I can’t see into people’s heads, I think it will be fun to take different arguments that people throw all over the place and see which paradigm that particular statement fits into.

I have been trying to do some research on this deformation of communication that was brought up. That would be fascinating to look at how that is affecting communication in our global age – when people are bringing in everything from new words made up yesterday on Twitter to ancient translations of Bible verses to back up their arguments. But – I don’t seem to be able to find much with just some basic searches. That will have to be something to dive deeper into when time allows.