Evidence-Based Discrimination

A subset of scientific discrimination that specifically invokes “evidence” as the justification for prejudicial treatment. It claims that because a belief or practice lacks scientific evidence, those who hold it deserve exclusion, mockery, or even legal restriction. Evidence‑based discrimination often appears in policy debates (e.g., denying religious exemptions for vaccines), educational settings (e.g., banning indigenous knowledge from curricula), and online harassment (e.g., coordinated attacks on “pseudoscience” communities). The appeal to evidence masks underlying bias against worldviews that do not conform to materialist orthodoxy.

Evidence-Based Discrimination Example: “The university refused to allow indigenous elder teachings in the anthropology department, citing ‘lack of evidence’—Evidence‑Based Discrimination, using evidential standards to exclude non‑Western knowledge systems.”

Evidence-Based Discrimination by Dumu The Void March 25, 2026