07-08-2019, 11:04 AM
(07-08-2019, 10:43 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Some of us of the Green meme persuasion are against scientism, but still accept, refer to and laud science when not accompanied or directed by the philosophy of scientism.
It's a sane attitude. Science is important, but there are other aspects of experience like emotion and instinct, and without it there cannot be fullness of life. Stapledon in his Last and First Men describes Great Brains, who were creatures of pure intellect and found existence meaningless for this very reason.
Quote:The "shift" Bill mentions toward support of science among Democrats is largely due to how conservatives have used unscientific notions to promote the views of these two elites. The religious right is used to suppress freedom movements like feminism and LGBTQ rights, and the trickle-downers oppose and deny climate science because government programs to deal with climate change might bring down more taxes and regulations on their business and financial schemes.
So it was a reaction to the use of religion by Republicans? OK, but when did it happen?