It’s 100% racist, and not even thinly veiled. I guess you could label it as “scientism” or “rationalism.” People from the religious world often label Dawkins flavored atheism as a religion in and of itself, which I can agree with in many respects (I’m not religious either but they make strong arguments for the case).
Reactionary asshole is a pretty good way to sum up this crowd.
I understand it can be perceived that way. I was referring to the version that places scientific analysis of objective reality above all else and science being the most valuable tool of our species.
It’s 100% racist, and not even thinly veiled. I guess you could label it as “scientism” or “rationalism.” People from the religious world often label Dawkins flavored atheism as a religion in and of itself, which I can agree with in many respects (I’m not religious either but they make strong arguments for the case).
Reactionary asshole is a pretty good way to sum up this crowd.
I think calling Dawkin’s beliefs scientism is an insult to actual scientism.
I mean, scientism is meant to insult people as “only trusting science”, and a bad synonym for “faithless”
I understand it can be perceived that way. I was referring to the version that places scientific analysis of objective reality above all else and science being the most valuable tool of our species.
Well… That’s an accurate description of reality, gotta say