--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: > > > > > > If you want to have a go at convincing us go ahead. Start wherever you like on the diagram. > > > > There are many things I don't believe in. Maybe I "don't > > believe" in more than you (take "Scientism" for a start). > > Scientism? Ah yes, that weird sickness creationists like to > accuse the rational of suffering from.
Ah, "the rational". http://youtu.be/cAgAvnvXF9U Is this your thought process? :: Creationists make accusations of scientism. :: Creationists talk bollocks :: This is an accusation of scientism :: So this is bollocks Hardly an advertisement for the rational higher ground? Susan Haack: Six Signs Of Scientism: ------------------------------------ 1. Using the words "science," "scientific," "scientifically," "scientist," etc., honorifically, as generic terms of epistemic praise. 2. Adopting the manners, the trappings, the technical terminology, etc., of the sciences, irrespective of their real usefulness. 3. A preoccupation with demarcation, i.e., with drawing a sharp line between genuine science, the real thing, and "pseudo-scientific" imposters. 4. A corresponding preoccupation with identifying the "scientific method," presumed to explain how the sciences have been so successful. 5. Looking to the sciences for answers to questions beyond their scope. 6. Denying or denigrating the legitimacy or the worth of other kinds of inquiry besides the scientific, or the value of human activities other than inquiry, such as poetry or art. From: http://goo.gl/9K7hS (pdf) Professor Haack ain't no stinkin' "creationist": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Haack
