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Watch: How C. S. Lewis Predicted the Rise of “Scientocracy”

“I dread government in the name of science,” C. S. Lewis wrote in 1958. “That is how tyrannies come in.” Read More ›
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Why C. S. Lewis Doubted the Creative Power of Natural Selection

Lewis first read Bergson in France during World War I while recovering from shrapnel wounds from the front-lines, and the experience on Lewis was profound. Read More ›
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Futuristic Evolution by AI — The Darwin Connection

To evolutionists, whatever oversight humans achieved must have evolved, and will continue to evolve in our creations. Read More ›
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Bright Idea: Put Scientists in Charge Instead?

Could scientists and advocates of scientism really make a worse hash of things than the politicians? Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
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C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›
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C. S. Lewis
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C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Read More ›

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