Some postmodern feminist theorists (like Katherine Hayles' interpretation of a feminist scholar's view) attribute inadequacies in scientific understanding of fluid mechanics to masculine bias regarding female anatomy, arguing that science's inability to solve turbulence reflects patriarchal conceptual frameworks, which is an extreme example of false pattern recognition.

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Richard Dawkins

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The privileging of solid over fluid mechanics and indeed the inability of science to deal with the turbulent flow at all, she attributes to the association of fluidity with femininity.

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Psychedelics, Consciousness, and AI | Richard Dawkins | EP 256Jordan B Peterson
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:23:01 AM

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