A Skeptics’ Skeptic: When Science Becomes Ideology — The Scientism Trap
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores A Skeptics’ Skeptic by Massimo Pigliucci as a systems-level analysis of scientism, epistemic boundaries, and the institutional incentives shaping modern skepticism.
The discussion examines:
· the limits of empirical reasoning
· activist incentive structures
· epistemic overreach
· biological determinism
· public intellectual ecosystems
· disciplinary hubris
· tribal identity formation
· feedback loops inside skepticism movements
Rather than framing the issue as “science versus religion,”…
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