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Re:What If Time Really Exists? (2008) by pluma on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:02AM (#13344738)
Science isn't a religion but scientists can be zealots. The scientific principle is the antithesis of religion but scientists can be irrational like any other human.

The good thing about the modern era is that even when institutional biases may momentarily prevent a theory from gaining mainstream recognition at least it will be preserved as part of the body of scientific knowledge so future generations can rediscover it.

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Re:What If Time Really Exists? (2008) by GFK_of_xmaspast on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:41AM (#13344966)
> Science isn't a religion

Science might not be, but there are plenty of Scientismists out there.

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Re:What If Time Really Exists? (2008) by pluma on Saturday January 07, 2017 @06:23PM (#13347275)
Scientism is just a catchy phrase for blind faith.

Most "scientism" I see in the wild is just people who were already indoctrinated into magical thinking treating "science" the same way they previously treated religious dogma.

It's irrelevant to science the same way astrology is irrelevant to astronomy. It's cargo cult "science"-iness.

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