The rigid, ideological stance that treats the current, mainstream scientific consensus as an infallible
creed and defines all dissenting or non-
standard ideas—regardless of their internal coherence or
evidence—as "pseudoscience" that must be categorically rejected. This dogma confuses the scientific method (a skeptical, iterative process) with the institution of Science (a human social system). It elevates institutional authority over open inquiry, creating a
black-and-white worldview where any challenge to established paradigms is heresy, not a potential catalyst for scientific progress. The dogmatist isn't defending science; they're defending the power and prestige of the current scientific priesthood.
*Example: "His anti-pseudoscience dogmatism was on
full display when he shut down a discussion on the potential neurological effects of a new meditation technique. 'If it's not in a Tier-1 journal, it's pseudoscience! Full
stop!' he declared, refusing to even look at the preliminary fMRI data. He wasn't being scientific; he was being a zealot for the official canon, using 'pseudoscience' as a heresy
charge to avoid thinking."*