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Is Scientism a significant threat to science?

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12-07-2012 12:05 PM

This article was originally posted on the RealClearScience page, but has since moved to the RealClearPolitics page, and it might move again, but in any event the article may be found here:
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The Folly of Scientism
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In it the author, Austin L. Hughes, appears to argue that the world's scientific community has been taken over by those who have somehow latched on to the concept that only science has the eventual ability to explain "everything". He cites Stephen Hawking and others as bad examples.
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Does he overstate this? He seems to have not fully understood the tentative situation held by the community?
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He gets into psychology and philosophy and reminded me of some of the fine discussions we've had here.
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Edited by Admin, : Rework opening paragraph.
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12-07-2012 1:28 PM

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