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Whenever people complain about scientism, I assume they're gullible marks complaining that their favorite woo is rightly getting called out as nonsense. It hasn
by gaganyaan 4y ago
Whenever people complain about scientism, I assume they're gullible marks complaining that their favorite woo is rightly getting called out as nonsense. It hasn't steered me wrong yet.
- influx 4y agoSadly, science has been politicized, and has had such perverse incentives applied at the University that it's almost corrupt. For example, peer review, (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420798/). The replication crisis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis). If you're not able to call out woo in science, I assume you're also a gullible mark that simply trusts authorities in a lab coat instead of authorities in a priest smock.
- gaganyaan 4y agoYeah, the social sciences are in quite a quandary with the replication crisis. Still, anyone that uses the word scientism is probably complaining about their favorite woo being called out.
- icelancer 4y agoUnfortunately you have your first case. I have several accepted journal articles in peer-reviewed publications and work in a field of science. Sorry to ruin your streak. And I'm not sure what "favorite woo" is, but I'm agnostic/atheist. Though I suppose those have their zealots of woo as well. EDIT: Not social sciences, as I saw you carve that out in another comment.