According to the non-fiction writer Tommi Uschanov, falsifiers are not real questioners of science.
Article about the appearance of the early inhabitants of Vantaa in the Stone Age raised summer brain at the turn of the year. A non-fiction writer who wrote about Finnishness, among other things Tommi Uschanov the social uproar on the subject was not surprising, on the contrary.
“Intäji have always existed, but now they have become visible on social media platforms.”
The uproar started when an archaeologist from the Vantaa City Museum Andreas Koivisto wrote Vantaa Sanomat From the Ikikallio tarinoita exhibition, where Stone Age people from Vantaa are described as having dark skin and black hair.
There was a frenzy on Facebook, and some of the comments were inappropriate and openly racist. Koivisto's knowledge and skills were also questioned.
What make people question the claims of scientists?
According to Uschanov, authors who question mainstream science have no counterargument or alternative scientific research to support their claims. And it doesn't even exist in this case.
According to Uschanov, composers do not question scientific research, but only try to cut off parts of it.
“No modern person can live without science and trust in it. All life is based on science. For example, the internet, where socialization takes place, is based on computer science and physics.”
Uschanov would leave social media writing to its own devices.
“It's about just hanging out on social media without any external effort,” says Uschanov.
Case is, according to Uschanov, a model example of identity politics, where one wants to identify with an image, in this case the idea of a white Finn. In this case, you may not notice how strange it looks to outsiders to make claims.
“These people are driven by the image that the people living in the territory of Finland have been the predecessors of Finns from the beginning, i.e. white-skinned and Finnish-speaking.”
Uschanov reminds that the entire Finnish language and identity in its current form was only created in the 19th century.
According to Uschanov, the same phenomenon can be seen in the discussion about the indigenous people of Finland, i.e. the Sámi.
“For some, the Sámi people are an embarrassing reminder that the first people here were not white-skinned and Finnish-speaking.”
Could you is it about the racism of the writers? Uschanov questions that, although he states that there are many types of racism.
“In their arguments, the authors do not offer any theoretical structure that deviates from mainstream science, which would try to prove the superiority of a certain population group, as, for example, the Nazis had.”
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