Re:What’s so bad about Scientism?
by carsongross on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:36AM
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The issue, in my eyes anyway, is when the scientific method is used as a hammer; when it's used to crush a debate.
The scientific method isn't being used to crush debate. It simply isn't being used.
What's most responsible for crushing debate today is (empirically false) post-modern social constructionism coupled with female mother/protector ethics. Jordan Peterson is one of the best people on these (and many, many other) topics:
Re:What’s so bad about Scientism?
by TuringTest on Friday March 31, 2017 @05:40AM
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The irony is that it took a philosopher to produce a much better defense of scientism than many scientists are capable of.
Any method, whether scientific, philosophical, spiritual or otherwise should be used to spawn debate, and to contribute to a rich discussion.
But science being used to stop debate, used to stop exchange, used to stop meaningful conversation does more harm than good to all involved.