This chapter is quite disheartening as Marks goes on to talk about two famous scientists (one Nobel laureate) who were convicted of child sexual abuse
A reminder to never judge a person solely by their successes or fame.
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Science makes objective observations of quantifiable effects. That can include human or monkey (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X08000949 …) behavior/attitudes. Those who think these are, or lead to, or are a base for, moral judgements are the ones committing scientism.
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Yes, they are. I'm a bit confused as to what this means for this thread specifically?
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Those who do evo psych *can* be committing scientism, or *can* be reporting objective observations. But those who oppose evo psych are also committing scientism, like this page does. Or would you disagree? https://twitter.com/zerdeve/status/993500147106529282 …
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I don't know what your angle is. Sorry. How is critique of evolutionary psychology turn into scientism?
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A critique of evo psych can not be: they find the genders to be different and that is a horrible outcome. That is scientism. Only two valid critiques are possible: 1. genders are not different, the data is wrong; 2. causal link between differences to other observations is wrong.
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I've a feeling we don't agree on the definition of scientism.
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It can mean a few things, I am using it more like this: "An example of this second usage is to label as scientism any attempt to claim science as the only or primary source of human values or as the source of meaning and purpose" – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism
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But regardless, the moment science and it's results are not viewed objectively, it becomes a political or philosophical expression. And can, and should, be critically interpreted there. But science can only be criticized when it failed to stay objective or when shown incorrect.
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