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A little rant for desdamona

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JonF
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Message 41 of 85 (102158)
04-23-2004 10:41 AM 		Reply to: Message 34 by SRO2
04-23-2004 12:00 AM

Re: Scientism?
I've never heard of a branch of science called "scientism"
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{Added in edit}That's because it's a philosophy or a point of view, not a branch of science.
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Scientism is usually used to mean the acceptance of scientific theory and scientific methods as applicable in all fields of inquiry about the world, including morality, ethics, art, and religion.
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Here, 'science' is held to be the ultimate recourse in questions of public policy and even religion.
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This viewpoint is typified by comments, such as 'Science demonstrates that it is useless (or useful) to use seatbelts in cars' or 'Science has shown that religion is wrong' or 'Science shows that capitalism (or communism or socialism) is correct.' In the case of such views as Marxism (and most types of totalitarian rationales) such views are also called historicism, relying on a 'scientific' analysis of inevitable historical patterns.
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More at Scientism (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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JonF
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04-26-2004 2:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 59 by Cold Foreign Object
04-26-2004 12:01 PM

Your brain is too cum-washed by your libido to ever be cured, and your freedom to pursue it - the it being your god.
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Ah, can't you just feel the Christian love! Group hug!
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