Misogyny is to misandry as illiteracy is to innumeracy. Nearly everyone understands that misogyny and illiteracy are undesirable, without which the world would be better. By contrast, among some of the chattering class, both misandry and innumeracy have a strange, ugly cachet.
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HA! I'm an artist who also believes and loves science - and words! So I've wondered this for a while. I don't believe there's a French word for it either. But I think it's time we come up with one because the rate of science denial these days is alarming.
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The problem with popular topics in science with potential societal or cultural significance is that they quickly become politicized. At that point it becomes nearly impossible for lay people to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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The Germans must have a word for it.
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perhaps Luddite.
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Closest I can get to a synonym is Luddite... but it’s a bit more directed at describing anti-technology people.
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It's a good challenge. Best I can come up with is 'emotionalism'.
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Luddite.
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