A much-misunderstood approach that applies postmodern critique to scientific practice: questioning grand narratives of inevitable progress, exposing the power relations embedded in knowledge production, deconstructing the binary oppositions that structure scientific thought (nature/culture, objective/subjective, fact/value), and attending to the marginalized voices excluded from scientific conversation. Scientific Postmodernism doesn't deny that science produces knowledge—it denies that this knowledge comes from nowhere, serves everyone equally, or stands outside history. It's science forced to look at its own reflection, and it makes some scientists very uncomfortable.
"You think science is pure truth-seeking? Scientific Postmodernism asks: who funded the research? Whose interests does it serve? Who wasn't in the room when methods were chosen? Who benefits from this 'neutral' finding? Not because science is bad—because pretending it's innocent is dangerous."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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