Inigo Urrestarazu-Porta
@urrestarazu.bsky.social
PhD candidate. Basque phonetics / historical linguistics. Very much into dataviz and bayesian inference
urrestarazu.gitlab.io
urrestarazu.gitlab.io
To put it in a different way, I worry about the infinite number of assumptions we make, without any comment or even awareness, before we discuss anything. Esp. because many or most of us would disagree with many of those assumptions. Yet, we take them with us
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
To put it in a different way, I worry about the infinite number of assumptions we make, without any comment or even awareness, before we discuss anything. Esp. because many or most of us would disagree with many of those assumptions. Yet, we take them with us
100%!!! I’m currently teaching an intro to Linguistics, and I have this constant feeling that we behave as if methodological constructs (required to a great degree) were not constructs but ontological realities, and, as such, they inadvertently become the (only) targets of our enquiries
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
100%!!! I’m currently teaching an intro to Linguistics, and I have this constant feeling that we behave as if methodological constructs (required to a great degree) were not constructs but ontological realities, and, as such, they inadvertently become the (only) targets of our enquiries
I’ve been thinking so much about this lately. Especially relevant for linguistics
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’ve been thinking so much about this lately. Especially relevant for linguistics
Reposted by Inigo Urrestarazu-Porta
A tool that is impossible to educate people about has a tool problem.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A tool that is impossible to educate people about has a tool problem.
LOL I read something earlier today that made me think exactly that
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
LOL I read something earlier today that made me think exactly that
Reposted by Inigo Urrestarazu-Porta
When I say replication crisis is rhetoric, this is what I mean. It uses scientific resources and tools for rhetorical purposes, not scientific. Many do this knowingly, intentionally bec they believe it is necessary and no other approach will fix science.
That's too cynical and hubristic for me.
That's too cynical and hubristic for me.
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When I say replication crisis is rhetoric, this is what I mean. It uses scientific resources and tools for rhetorical purposes, not scientific. Many do this knowingly, intentionally bec they believe it is necessary and no other approach will fix science.
That's too cynical and hubristic for me.
That's too cynical and hubristic for me.