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Science isn't a religion but scientists can be zealots. The scientific principle is the antithesis of religion but scientists can be irrational like any other h
by pluma 10y ago
Science isn't a religion but scientists can be zealots. The scientific principle is the antithesis of religion but scientists can be irrational like any other human.
The good thing about the modern era is that even when institutional biases may momentarily prevent a theory from gaining mainstream recognition at least it will be preserved as part of the body of scientific knowledge so future generations can rediscover it.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago> Science isn't a religion Science might not be, but there are plenty of Scientismists out there.
- pluma 10y agoScientism is just a catchy phrase for blind faith. Most "scientism" I see in the wild is just people who were already indoctrinated into magical thinking treating "science" the same way they previously treated religious dogma. It's irrelevant to science the same way astrology is irrelevant to astronomy. It's cargo cult "science"-iness.