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You didn't look very hard. Eugenics was a form of "scientism" that justified and spread scientific racism. The scientists involved were keen on destroying races
by hitekker 4y ago
You didn't look very hard. Eugenics was a form of "scientism" that justified and spread scientific racism. The scientists involved were keen on destroying races they deemed "inferior" to themselves.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/
This scientism became the basis of the Nuremberg Laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics#Eugenics_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics#Eugenics_in_the_Unite...
- superb-owl 4y agoYes totally. I'm not ruling out the idea that Scientism has the same horrible group dynamics as religion. I think it's very likely it does, and possibly worse. What I'm not convinced of is that Scientism has the same level of effect on individuals--scientists don't seem to become as wildly inflated as priests or cult leaders.
- simplify 4y ago> scientists don't seem to become as wildly inflated as priests or cult leaders Isn't that simply because they don't have anywhere near the amount of power or followers? For power to corrupt, you must first have power.
- Quekid5 4y agoHaving largely unquestioning followers certainly does bestow a certain level of power.