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Blaise Pascal
Image: Blaise Pascal, Palace of Versailles, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Aeschliman on Three Great Authors Critiquing Scientism

These include the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who showed that scientific knowledge on its own could never be sufficient for being fully human. Read More ›
C.-S.-Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).

Aeschliman on C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Restoration of Man

As Michael D. Aeschliman notes, Lewis powerfully illustrated the shortcomings and dangers of scientism in his final Space Trilogy novel. Read More ›
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process. Read More ›
Covid
Photo credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

#5 Story of 2022: The Rise of Totalitarian Science

Now, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Read More ›
replica of Galileo's telescope
Photo: A replica of Galileo's telescope, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Keas: Faith, Science, and the Phases of Venus

Dr. Keas explains, among things, the role that Venus with its phases, like those of our Moon, played in advancing astronomy into the modern age. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Photo by © Norman Parkinson Archive/Iconic Images/Getty Images).

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›
C.-S.-Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).

The Terrible Bargain: Prophetic Words from C. S. Lewis on Scientocracy

If there is one thing I could get people to read to understand our situation, it would be the essay “Willing Slaves of the Welfare State” by C. S. Lewis. Read More ›
Covid
Photo credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Rise of Totalitarian Science, 2022 Edition

Now, after two years, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Read More ›
Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo credit: Ricardo Gomez Angel via Unsplash.

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process. Read More ›
March for Science
Photo: Bill Nye and the March for Science, by Paul and Cathy / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

Richard Weikart: The Dark Side of Science

March for science, you say? Follow the science? Listen to the scientists? Perhaps first ask "What science?" and "What scientists?" Read More ›

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