The treatment of current scientific consensus or a favored theory not as the best available model, but as unquestionable dogma. It confuses the scientific method (a process of skeptical inquiry) with the current scientific conclusions (its fallible products). This creates a priesthood where challenging the dominant paradigm is treated as heresy, not as science's essential engine of progress. It's science as a castle to be defended, not a path to be walked.
Example: "He exhibited scientific dogmatism when he declared 'the debate on nicotine addiction is over' and refused to read new research on genetic moderators. He was protecting a settled fact like a religious edict, forgetting that science 'settles' things only until better evidence comes along."
by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026
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