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"science' in this context is essentially a form of religious dogma. Who is twitter to say that science is settled, done and dusted? This is just the latest ver
by olivermarks 5y ago
"science' in this context is essentially a form of religious dogma.
Who is twitter to say that science is settled, done and dusted? This is just the latest version of torturing people considered heretics to force them to recant their views and is antithetical to western liberal concepts of free speech, discussion and evolution of ideas
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/02/26/Galileo-the-gifted-16th-Century-thinker-ostracized-by-the/9744352011600/#:~:text=Galileo%20claimed%20to%20have%20proven,torture%20and%20forced%20to%20recant https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/02/26/Galileo-the-gifted-1....
- akomtu 5y agoScientism as the new religion. This gradual shift from the feeling-based dogmas to dogmas based on shallow knowledge is, in fact, a sign of progress, that the majority of the populace starts putting knowledge before feelings.
- puffoflogic 5y agoWhat's weird is that until COVID, scientism was on the way out of favor, with the sidelining of the New Atheists (Tyson, Hitchens, et al). It's funny how the movement managed to get revived just before it stepped through the pearly gates, as it were.
- olivermarks 5y agoSadly much of what passes for 'science' these days is actually slanted persuasion, feeling/fear manipulation and cancel culture