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I think we do need heresy if you look at science as a belief system. In that case, anti-scientific views would fairly be called heretical to science, right?
by voakbasda 5y ago
I think we do need heresy if you look at science as a belief system. In that case, anti-scientific views would fairly be called heretical to science, right?
- epgui 5y agoThe problem is that “heretical” doesn’t seem to map well onto that case. Anti-scientific views usually come from a place of ignorance rather than new knowledge. They’re not novel ideas, they’re usually demonstrably false, or unfalsifiable views. In the former case the ideas are just wrong (note that this is not a moral judgment), and in the latter case they fall outside the realm of science, meaning the two can probably be reconciled with enough mental gymnastics. I think there are more suitably nuanced words we can use than “heresy” to more accurately describe ideas in this context.