Sure, I think science should be valued and accepted. But it’s one form of inquiry that we have and it’s very important. That said, science can’t and shouldn’t solve every issue. There is such a thing as scientism and scientific overreach.
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Do many people claim science can solve every issue. Surely, it just tells us what is true on various, factual levels and is more likely to be right than other methods. Evidence-based knowledge over standpoint theory, for example.
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Scientism has occurred in the past and I think it re-emerged with the advent of new atheism. Every great thing you have to say about science is something I’ll agree with (just look at my bio). But I’m also someone who questions everything before accepting it as fact.
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I don't agree about the New Atheists but I do think questioning everything and accepting that knowledge is always provisional and making efforts to disprove things we thought were true are central to science.
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I’ll exclude Harris, Dennett, & Hitchens from my original claim. But I’ve witnessed it w/Krauss, Shermer, Dawkins, Pinker, and at times N.G. Tyson. And it pains me because I’m fans of virtually all of them.
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Scientism in Pinker?
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That appears to be an uncharitable reading of this which is much more nuanced and could not justly be called 'scientism' in the sense that it is criticised. Believing science already has all the answers.https://newrepublic.com/article/114127/science-not-enemy-humanities …
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I’ve read that one and I agree. But these people are human beings too and capable of the same mistakes we all make. I don’t think Pinker is as bad as Krauss tho. In my view, Krauss makes science seem ideological to me, which is something I thought was impossible.
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I'm afraid I haven't followed Krauss much.
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Pinker is the only person I have never disagreed with yet but I'm sure I will at some point!
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