TheFleebus t1_iw87jrx wrote on November 13, 2022 at 6:34 PM

Reply to comment by whiteFinn in Tracks Of Ancient Human Found In Spain Are 300k Years Old by Several_Cabinet_9725

Scientism isn't a thing. It's a term / idea invented by YEC as a rebuttal to the statement that "faith is not a path to truth". A sort of "I know you are but what am I?". Materialism or Naturalism may be more accurate way of describing people who believe naturalistic evidence as described via scientific methods - even if they personally do not fully understand the methods used.

whiteFinn t1_iwdyvyw wrote on November 14, 2022 at 10:51 PM

Scientism is one of those terms, often twisted to mean something more easily attacked. While I certainly do not believe that science is the only way to truth, what I meant here when I said "scientism", is that just because omeone is a 'scientist', and brands their work as 'science', it does not mean that their oppinions are any more valid, and certainly not to be taken as automatic facts, if they cannot argue for them.

Sceintism is very much a thing.