| | '''[[Conservative]]s oppose scientism, as it misleads people, facilitates lying in the name of science for a political agenda, creates deadly dangers (like man-made viruses), and devalues an individual belief in [[God]] and religious principles'''. "In the modern world, people will believe almost anything if it is dressed up in the name of science," observed C.S. Lewis in criticism of it.<ref>https://www.alecsatin.com/what-is-scientism/</ref> | | '''[[Conservative]]s oppose scientism, as it misleads people, facilitates lying in the name of science for a political agenda, creates deadly dangers (like man-made viruses), and devalues an individual belief in [[God]] and religious principles'''. "In the modern world, people will believe almost anything if it is dressed up in the name of science," observed C.S. Lewis in criticism of it.<ref>https://www.alecsatin.com/what-is-scientism/</ref> |
| − | A pervasive flaw in scientism is to assume as much as needed to reach a pre-ordained conclusion, and then ignore all [[counterexample]]s (note "See also" below) and evidence to the contrary. Often circular in its fallacious reasoning, scientism is essentially a [[religion]] dating back to the early 1800s, whereby its followers (pseudo-scientists) worship rituals of [[science]] and preordained results.<ref>Ashgate Science and Religion Series</ref> Scientism is hostile to [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and pretends that moral philosophy, the [[Bible]], and all sources other than narrow atheistic science are not credible sources of knowledge. True science is logic-based and explores the world with unbiased experimentation, while scientism relies on preconceived [[atheism|atheistic]] or [[socialist]] notions. [[Liberal]] public health bureaucrats tend to believe in scientism, such as circular reasoning to push mandatory [[vaccine|vaccination]], at the expense of [[freedom]] and the truth. | + | '''''A pervasive flaw in scientism is to quietly assume what's needed for a pre-ordained conclusion, and then ignore all [[counterexample]]s (note "See also" below) and evidence to the contrary'''''. Often circular in its fallacious reasoning, scientism is essentially a [[religion]] dating back to the early 1800s, whereby its followers (pseudo-scientists) worship rituals of [[science]] and preordained results.<ref>Ashgate Science and Religion Series</ref> Scientism is hostile to [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and pretends that moral philosophy, the [[Bible]], and all sources other than narrow atheistic science are not credible sources of knowledge. True science is logic-based and explores the world with unbiased experimentation, while scientism relies on preconceived [[atheism|atheistic]] or [[socialist]] notions. [[Liberal]] public health bureaucrats tend to believe in scientism, such as circular reasoning to push mandatory [[vaccine|vaccination]], at the expense of [[freedom]] and the truth. |
| | Approaches superior to scientism include logic and reason, [[Romanticism]], [[faith]], and real science that does not assume what it pretends to prove. | | Approaches superior to scientism include logic and reason, [[Romanticism]], [[faith]], and real science that does not assume what it pretends to prove. |