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On The Myths Of Scientism
I was delighted to learn, via Hans Schantz's Podcast: Sir Francis Bacon - Father of Scientism?, of the paper "The New Universal Church" by the late French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck.…
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Vaccine Bullying Is Scientism
From a recent issue of NEJM, "The Pediatrician’s Lament", with Abstract, "With U.S. politics threatening to erase the gains of science, reduce access to vaccines, and undermine their vast public…
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The Worst Attempt To Defend Scientism I Ever Heard
A public radio station hosts what they call "The Academic Minute", a name which signals you are in for sixty seconds of pain. This was so in a minute from…
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“Listen To The Science!” Is Scientism: “Listen To The Science!” Means “Listen To Me!”
Listen to the podcast at YouTube, Bitchute, or Gab. Our culture is saturated in scientism. Scientism comes in various forms. One is the belief that all knowledge is scientific --…
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On Scientism
Eric Voegelin, of "Don't immanentize the eschaton!" fame, penned a small monograph exploring his favorite subject, gnosticism: Science, Politics & Gnosticism. It is a slim book not as well organized…
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In Opposition To Scientism
Bo and Ben Winegard start their Quillette essay (thanks to K.A. Rodgers for the tip) "In Defense of Scientism" by saying "Truth is always provisional". Is that proposition true, or…
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An Illustration Of Type I Scientism
Regular readers will recall there are two Types of Scientism. Type I is belief that Science is needed to verify commonplace truths. Type II is the belief that only Science…
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March For Politics, Scientism & Scidolatry
Stream: March For Politics, Scientism & Scidolatry. The upcoming March for Science---check with your nearest purple-haired activist for directions and times---is to no one's surprise turning out to be one…