Well-known online atheist Bob Seidensticker once wrote that “science is the only discipline that tells us new things about reality.” I replied: “Like many atheists, he takes the epistemologically ...

Science is good but scientism isn’t. Science looks at the cosmos objectively, indeed scientifically. Scientism doesn’t. Science, in the broadest sense of the word, derived from the Latin scientia, ...

In this episode, Dr. Stacy Trasancos will discuss the difference between science and what some have dubbed “scientism,” and why it even matters. Dr. Trasancos brings with her discussions advanced ...

It’s easy to judge someone else’s worldview, but it’s much harder to recognise that we even have a worldview. We appreciate how pagan societies might see spirits in nature, or how monotheists see God ...

In yesterday’s Neil deGrasse Tyson discussion over scientism, more than a few readers denied that scientism was anything other than a right-wing culture warrior concept to denigrate science that did ...

No matter what face you put on it, science is a powerful tool. Here, engineer Marcus Hold works on a nearly completed RoboThespian. Marvels of modern science, these fully interactive and multilingual ...

This week, a bit of news that escaped the notice of many was a dust-up between Lila Rose and Dr. Phil. The topic? The definition of science and the definition of life. The exchange went something like ...

It’s Not Too Late for Influencers to End the Groyper Grift White Progressives Still Don’t Get Black Voters Only of scientism — and it’s a bane. In an era of a lot of strange ideological overlaps, one ...

Abortion is one of the most polarizing social issues of our time. It has become a “war” between those who support abortion rights (the pro-choice movement) and those who oppose abortion rights (the ...

Science is amazing and our civilization has benefited enormously from the advances science has made. Its intellectual authority is virtually unparalleled in the modern academy. But, when ...

A nthropology has come a long way in the past decade. In 2010, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) decided to eliminate the word science from its long-range plan (a decision it would ...

William A. McConnell ’21 is a Mathematics concentrator in Adams House. His column appears on alternate Mondays. It’s an understatement to say that modern science has been the most transformative tool ...