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Scientism Of The First Kind: Science Shows Laptops Distract Students

https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/722028191582445568 Here's the headline. (It's NPR, so don't expect much.) "Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away". And here's the relevant sad bit: For one thing, research shows that laptops and…
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Posted inCulture Philosophy

Analysis Of A Sermon From The Secular Scientism Priest Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's not that anybody of stature claims Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of our greatest minds; instead, it has been said he is a harmless entertainer. In this there is…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Scientism

The other day on Twitter, I saw somebody quote approvingly these words by Neil deGrasse Tyson: The good thing about Science is that it's true whether or not you believe…
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Entry For The Most Pompous Statement Of Scientism

Our friend John Cook came (via The Renaissance Mathematicus) across what is easily one of the most pompous declarations by a scientist we have ever seen. The words came from…
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Posted inCulture Statistics

Scientism, Legalism and Precaution: Regulating Nutrition and Health Claims in Europe

Announcing a new paper, with official title "Scientism, Legalism and Precaution -- Contending with Regulating Nutrition and Health Claims in Europe" in European Food and Feed Law Review by Jaap…
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Winner Announced in What Do You Call A Believer In Scientism Contest
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Winner Announced in What Do You Call A Believer In Scientism Contest

More than 50 people entered some 100 words. I grouped these into three-plus-one categories: Honorable Mentions, Runner Ups, and Top 10. But there can be only one! Winner, that is,…
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What Do You Call Believer in Scientism? Contest

Toby Young at the Spectator ran this tweet yesterday: https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/402545969956261888 The text (if you can't see) reads: "Is there a name for people who think reason and research evidence alone…
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Pascal & Barzun On Scientism

Blaise Pascal was a man smarter than I and smarter than thou. He was a scientist, mathematician, probabilist, and was deeply, deeply Catholic. Pascal as scientist warned against trusting science…
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