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Six ways south of Sunday

To do something barely, haphazardly, or in every way ridiculously.
You are doing that six ways south of Sunday
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Six-seven(67)

Its after 5
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The most comprehensive expansion of the Facets model, adding a sixth dimension: the Cultural-Hegemonic Facet. This recognizes science as a dominant cultural force that shapes worldviews, defines reality, establishes legitimacy, and exercises hegemony over other ways of knowing. Where previous facets captured science as method, belief, power, institution, and technology, the Six Facets model adds the reality of science as a civilizational authority that marginalizes alternative epistemologies, sets the terms of public discourse, and functions as the ultimate arbiter of what counts as real. This facet explains why "scientific" has become synonymous with "true" in modern discourse, why traditional knowledge systems are systematically devalued, and why science operates as the default framework for understanding in educated societies worldwide. The six facets together provide a complete framework for understanding science as simultaneously: a logical method (1), a belief system (2), an economic-political force (3), an institutional structure (4), a technological engine (5), and a cultural hegemon (6).
Theory of the Six Facets of Science Example: "The Six Facets model reveals why homeopathy is dismissed so absolutely—it's not just that it fails Facet 1 (methodology), but that it threatens Facet 6 (science's cultural hegemony over what counts as medicine)."
by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026
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