This has probably already been comprehensively tweeted... Steven Pinker's "Science Is Not Your Enemy": http://on.tnr.com/1770Hcw
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@PhilosophyExp what else would they be? They treat the products and trappings of science with reverence and genuflection, just like religion
@mloxton But isn't scientism the view that the only useful way of understanding & approaching the world is empirical, reductive, etc?
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@PhilosophyExp to my mind that is hard empiricism, not scientism, which is when science takes on a religious aura and belief enters -
@mloxton What about when religion takes on a religious aura? -
@alan_sussman when religion takes on a religious aura, it is still just religion. When science takes it on, it also becomes just religion
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@PhilosophyExp similar to when a bible thumper turns atheist and becomes as adamant, unreasoning, and faithful about atheism as religionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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