Morning folks. 💫
Fever's gone. Also not sneezing relentlessly every time I try to work, and alternating between roasting and freezing.
Everyone else good?
Time to write about political theory on this end! 🎉
@MLClark Glad to hear you're better. Hope you got some rest.
Political theory?!
Is political science "science," true or false? Go. 😊
Only under the archaic definition of science, before the emergence of post-Enlightenment empirical rigor necessitated a stricter division of the concept into (modern) "science" and "philosophy". :)
Political theory is definitely what I'm wrestling with today. What's in your queue?
@MLClark Great answer. My answer was short and snarky:
"It's not a science, it's a dark art."
I remember my Intro to PSCI class. The textbook argued that all politics can be reduced to systemic models.
Once I got into politics, I realized that was a crock. I'll text you a story later about a defrocked U.S. Senator from CA who spent the day with us.
Worked on my book yesterday, into the meaty stuff.
@WordsmithFL @MLClark Stephen, someday we'll have to compare stories.
@joycereynoldsward Do you mean my book? It's about the history of Florida space policy and politics. It's more interesting than it sounds, although it's intended as a backdoor poli sci textbook.
@MLClark was kind enough to read the first draft of the first two chapters. I don't think that's what made her ill. 😘
@joycereynoldsward Even though it's political history, in many ways it's like a novel -- protagonists, antagonists, conflict leading to drama, three-act story structure.
I'm building to the climax now.
@WordsmithFL @MLClark oh, political history. Though this book sounds interesting as well....