He says 'scientism' unironically

>he says 'scientism' unironically

>he doesn't realize that we live in an age of autism

I've literally never seen or heard anyone use the word scientism, here or otherwise.

The mentality is definitely strong here though. Lots of people on /lit buy the STEM/Humanities dichotomy.

It should not be a dichotomy but pop science is on the offensive, constantly picking battles that require the humanities to be a part of the conversation, neglecting to admit at all that their field is stepping into territories where the two fields should meet, and pretending they've won when they inevitably get their shit slapped because they are playing academic games while down a player.

The humanities as we know them don't have those pretensions.

Positively scientismic TCdrone

I do use 'scientism' unironically, because STEM enthusiasts always shit on the Humanities; or make stupid claims to the effect of philosophy/etc being no longer relevant. I rarely see the opposite, outside of Veeky Forums anyway.

Make no mistake, there are PARTS of the 'Humanities' I'd love to do away with; 'Gender Studies' and all that shit.

In my world, Science involves the pursuit of knowledge, whilst the Humanities entail the pursuit of wisdom. Both compliment one another, and arguably cannot live without one another.

'Scientism', on the other hand, is the millennial approach you see on "I Fucking Love Science"-esque Facebook pages, and 'Pop Scientists'. Disgusting.

I had a mocking spurdo reaction pic, but I opted to extend the olive branch with this instead.

Nietzsche/Wittgenstein also lead the charge when it came to fighting back against 'Scientism', for anybody wondering.

isn't "scientism" a different word for positivism

By the way, what would be the complementary group of the "I Fucking Love Science/Science explains fucking errything" crowd be on the Humanities side ? People buying into Occultism, or would it extend to Religious people ?