My result: Foucault
This result makes sense to me. All of the answers that stood out to be all concerned power relations and society. I think the role power, especially when it comes to knowledge, is an incredibly important factor. It is important that we consider issues like who controls knowledge, who decides what knowledge is disseminated widely, and who creates knowledge? It is also important to recognize that no matter what issue we are researching, it will affect groups of people differently depending on their status and position in society.
This survey is definitely far from perfect. If someone knew all of the possible results of this survey, they could definitely spoof it to get an answer that they want. The answers follow consistent themes. As an example, most of the answers leading to Foucault were related to power relations and taking into consideration a person's status in society. There is also a set of answers that lends itself to objective science (these answers lead to Francis Bacon, who "has a bit of a thing for scientific method", and enjoys empirical research). However, since the results of this survey don't hold serious statistical consequences, it does serve it's purpose.
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