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scientism

empiricism

Necessity and sufficiency

With apologies for recalling horrible people early in the day: I chanced
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human condition

A sympathetic science

If you feel the need to respond, please first make sure you
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Against Method

The rationalists' eclipse

The annular solar eclipse over South India on December 26 provided sufficient
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Daily Dot

New management at Nautilus

When an email landed in my inbox declaring that the beleaguered science
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Colonialism

Scientism is not 'nonsense'

The @realscientists rocur account on Twitter took a surprising turn earlier today
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activism

Authority, authoritarianism and a scicomm paradox

I received a sharp reminder to better distinguish between activists and experts
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caste-based discrimination

The alleged politicisation of science

“Don’t politicise X” has become the defence of choice for a
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cherry-picking

Looking for gemstones in the gutter

Just the other day, I’d mentioned to a friend that Steven
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Cassandra Willyard

Taking the ringdown route to understanding the humans of science

What follows is an attempt to process and understand Cassandra Willyard’s
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