A fusion of scientism (the belief that science is the only legitimate path to knowledge) with puritanical purity culture—resulting in a worldview where scientific orthodoxy becomes the sole measure of virtue, and any departure from it is not just wrong but wicked. Scientistic puritanism demands that all knowledge claims be validated through approved scientific methods, treats alternative ways of knowing as not just mistaken but sinful, and engages in relentless crusades against the unbelievers. It's the new atheist who treats religious belief as cognitive pathology; the skeptic who thinks believers deserve contempt rather than engagement; the rationalist who sees irrationality as the root of all evil. Scientistic puritanism turns methodological naturalism into a religion, with scientists as its priests and skeptics as its inquisitors.
Example: "He didn't just disagree with her spiritual beliefs—he treated them as a moral failure, a sign of insufficient rationality. Scientistic Puritanism: making science the measure not just of truth but of virtue."
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A person who suddenly cares about science when major science news is happening. Comparable to a "sunday christian."
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Get the Rock Scientist mug.1. The stereotype of a scientific professional who knows everything that falls under the blanket term of “science” because they're a scientist
2. A psudo-science marketeer who uses their academically unrecognised or unrelated expertise to generate support for their conspiracy theory and/or snake oil.
2. A psudo-science marketeer who uses their academically unrecognised or unrelated expertise to generate support for their conspiracy theory and/or snake oil.
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A couple of my buddies just started working out and come to me and some other lifters (bro scientists) for advice.
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