Vaccine Bullying Is Scientism
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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…
On The Myths Of Scientism
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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.…
On Scientism
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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…
Trust In Science Drops: Good
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Trust In Science Drops: Good

I found it hilarious that an article seeking the reason why trust in Science is declining opened with this sentence: As we are approaching the end of the fourth year…