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The rise of technocracy and scientism seems more concerning from where I stand. Oh I know, these experts happen to be infallible. I wouldn't dare dispute their

The rise of technocracy and scientism seems more concerning from where I stand. Oh I know, these experts happen to be infallible. I wouldn't dare dispute their gospel or speak any heresies on this esteemed discussion board. Just the same the trend is concerning. Especially if we are willing to consider the hypothetical world where experts planning the world's energy consumption might possibly have ulterior motives. Of course that isn't the case. It isn't even possible. I'm reliably informed that all skeptic views are paid stooges of the oil companies. https://www.google.com/search?q=Rockefeller+Foundation+climate+change https://www.google.com/search?q=Rockefeller+Foundation+clima... Scientism is infallible. Sure, private researchers funded by the tobacco companies might have fibbed here and there, but that's only because they're greedy capitalists. Government funded research explaining the dangers of cannabis has been 100% accurate. Mass incarceration is a wonderful policy. Scientific experts are qualified not only in their fields of research, but to make wide sweeping social dictates as well.

ganzuul 5y ago
You don't have a question. You have nothing to add. You just tear at the tapestries and shout at the wall. Why? Who is this for?
frzj 5y ago
The rockefeller foundation is the 39th biggest foundation. Any search term and it will show something. I tried random terms such as "animal conservation" and "Sydney" and there were a dozen results. Science is about building knowledge, so if climate change against all odds turns out to be false, it will be abandoned and the mechanism that is really behind the data will be the focus of further studies. There is no such thing as scientism but a bunch of different people who are competing for the best explanation of reality. The ability to predict is a very handy thing. Newtonian physics might not be 100% correct, but it makes damn good predictions that made our lives so much better.
- aww_dang 5y ago
  Rockefeller made his fortune in the oil business. Hope this helps you understand the context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/03/1174/ https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/03/1174/ >Scientism is the view that all real knowledge is scientific knowledge—that there is no rational, objective form of inquiry that is not a branch of science

ganzuul 5y ago

You don't have a question. You have nothing to add. You just tear at the tapestries and shout at the wall. Why? Who is this for?

frzj 5y ago

The rockefeller foundation is the 39th biggest foundation. Any search term and it will show something. I tried random terms such as "animal conservation" and "Sydney" and there were a dozen results. Science is about building knowledge, so if climate change against all odds turns out to be false, it will be abandoned and the mechanism that is really behind the data will be the focus of further studies. There is no such thing as scientism but a bunch of different people who are competing for the best explanation of reality. The ability to predict is a very handy thing. Newtonian physics might not be 100% correct, but it makes damn good predictions that made our lives so much better.

aww_dang 5y ago
Rockefeller made his fortune in the oil business. Hope this helps you understand the context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/03/1174/ https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/03/1174/ >Scientism is the view that all real knowledge is scientific knowledge—that there is no rational, objective form of inquiry that is not a branch of science