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Name the first word(s) that comes into your mind when someone says "scientism".
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.What? I thought it was satire!
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Apr 18, 2018
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Have you ever heard of Poe's Law?
@intrepid65 I will as soon as I Google it....okay, got it. MY original comment Was satire...guess I needed an emoji. My bad!
"How about some definitionism?"
Karen916
Level 6
Apr 18, 2018
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Let's start here: [en.wikipedia.org]
eyeroll
"This person doesn't understand what 'science' is or how it works..."
stinkeye_a
Level 8
Apr 18, 2018
1
Generally that's what I think also.
intrepid65
Level 5
Apr 18, 2018
1
Excellent...you looked it up.....
Have you been hitting the bong lately?
SpikeTalon
Level 9
Apr 18, 2018
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@intrepid65 I learned something new today, and I thank you for sharing this.
Is that a word.... google!
Donna_I
Level 8
Apr 18, 2018
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MORON
magicwatch
Level 7
Apr 18, 2018
1
Yep, I generally think that as well. 
That is not a real word. But if it were, I’d totally be one.
Jenmcjen
Level 6
Apr 18, 2018
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If scientism was the descriptive noun of a state of being/emotion would it be a descriptive, permanent and overarching characteristic like "organism", or would it be temporary and contingent experience like "orgasm"? In other words "Would you be a scientism, or do you have a scientism?"
“The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.” –Carl Sagan, Cosmos. Although, I personally prefer the use of scientific methodology to decipher the unknown.
MichaelFilson
Level 4
Apr 18, 2018
1
The roots are a little different than common usage nowadays. It has become an attempt by religious people to put their theistic beliefs on equal ground with science. But it was coined in philosophy for a different purpose.
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