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It seems like you’ve skipped a step to “therefore there is a science clergy.” Who are these supposed clergy, and how do they resemble religious clergy? A creden
by tshaddox 5y ago
It seems like you’ve skipped a step to “therefore there is a science clergy.” Who are these supposed clergy, and how do they resemble religious clergy? A credentialed scientist saying something they knew was incorrect or later learned to be incorrect seems unrelated to the concept of clergy.
- ummonk 5y agoThe institutions are the clergy. To a small extent this can include credentialed scientists, peer-reviewed journals, etc., but really it's the government institutions (e.g. WHO, CDC, FDA, Surgeon General) and media institutions (e.g. newspapers, cable news, and social media platforms) that constitute the clergy. The "Science" dogma that the general public is induced to adhere to gets filtered through these institutions.
- rayiner 5y agoThis is the part I find scary. Credentialism has given rise to a new clerisy. This is especially evident in fields where “there’s no there there” like social studies.