Scientism is rampant in supposedly scientific circles. As my Discovery Institute colleague John West has noted in the very worthwhile book he edited, The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society:...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I grow weary of that certain species of political animal who constantly complains that too many people are “anti science,” when in reality, they disagree with...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Scientific American has a piece out trying to explain why people “don’t trust scientists.” I think the very topic illustrates part of the problem. Hubris....
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBCScience capabilities are taking us into ethical conflicts because we are at the place where the most helpless human beings are being coveted for use as objects to be...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBCThere has been an attempt ongoing for some time to harness the respectability of science and conflate it with an increasingly popular philosophy known as scientism. But...
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