They didn’t say science, they said scientism. As a term it’s been used a few ways, but in this context it’s referring to a sort of cargo cult erected around “science”. It’s not about testing theories and hypotheses, it’s a dogmatic acceptance of some extant collection of scientific theories as fact, even beyond their experimental context or in light of conflicting evidence. Among other things.
I’m not. Scientism, in this meaning, it’s basically the opposite of science. It stifles proper scientific reasoning. Pretending it isn’t a problem is itself a problem.
I said I’m suspicious of people worried about it, not that I’m a supporter of scientism.
A lot of people who seem to worry about scientism turn out to have some quackery that they insist is worth looking into because “Its not been disproven”. Or have some kind of spiritual belief that they want to mentally run cover for via “science might be wrong”.
That’s a fair thing to be concerned about - any blind faith is a problem. We should always be ready to, if not slaughter our sacred cows, at least take them to the vet once in a while (apologies for the tortured metaphor).
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They didn’t say science, they said scientism. As a term it’s been used a few ways, but in this context it’s referring to a sort of cargo cult erected around “science”. It’s not about testing theories and hypotheses, it’s a dogmatic acceptance of some extant collection of scientific theories as fact, even beyond their experimental context or in light of conflicting evidence. Among other things.
I’m more suspicious of people fretting over “scientism” than I am concerned about people dogmatically accepting scientific theories.
There is such a thing as motivated reasoning and I look down on those that indulge in it.
I’m not. Scientism, in this meaning, it’s basically the opposite of science. It stifles proper scientific reasoning. Pretending it isn’t a problem is itself a problem.
I said I’m suspicious of people worried about it, not that I’m a supporter of scientism.
A lot of people who seem to worry about scientism turn out to have some quackery that they insist is worth looking into because “Its not been disproven”. Or have some kind of spiritual belief that they want to mentally run cover for via “science might be wrong”.
That’s a fair thing to be concerned about - any blind faith is a problem. We should always be ready to, if not slaughter our sacred cows, at least take them to the vet once in a while (apologies for the tortured metaphor).
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