Mr. Skeptiko joins the conversation & debunks the cult of Scientism. We explore many issues ruining academia & corrupting society, and also indulge in an ontology debate (such as waves vs particles). Apart from exposing the fanatical materialists & militant new atheists, we ask: Why are Intel agencies involved in paradigm shaping? Who stands to gain? Why do controllers fear metaphysics? Why is scientific research ignored? What do the suppressed data show? Ought we distinguish between science as a method & as an institution? Can it be liberated from its corporate & ideological grip? And hear why "science" is wrong & about what...

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* Why Scientism is wrong about Everything - A Conversation with Alex "Skeptiko" Tsakiris (S07P01)

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* Recorded: 13 March 2017

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* This Program is part of our seventh series called THE CRISIS OF ACADEMIA (https://www.forumborealis.net/series)