The feeling of being disconnected from, or hostile towards, the institutions, language, and culture of science. It’s not just a lack of understanding, but a sense that science is an exclusive club that you're not invited to, or that it's a tool used by elites to control you. This alienation can lead to a rejection of scientific consensus, not because of a better theory, but because the whole enterprise feels foreign and untrustworthy.
Example: "His distrust of the CDC isn't based on data; it's a deep Scientific Alienation, a feeling that those labs have nothing to do with his real life."
by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026
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