RE: Down with Scientism

2005-06-05 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
I sometimes get into arguments with anti-science associates, who are into wholism, mysticism, spiritualism and so forth. They think that scientists are an elite with their own brand of 'ism (scientism, perhaps), which is no more valid than these other 'isms. I point out to these people that if

RE: Down with Scientism

2005-06-05 Thread rmiller
At 12:16 AM 6/6/2005, you wrote: I sometimes get into arguments with anti-science associates, who are into wholism, mysticism, spiritualism and so forth. They think that scientists are an elite with their own brand of 'ism (scientism, perhaps), which is no more valid than these other 'isms. I