TL;DR: What do you call someone who puts too much faith in science? How do you talk someone out if this
Is there a label for people who are like "The science says..." and "this study proves (rather than supports) x." This is , right? Do we call them "scientismists"? I know "fanatic" exists, but this needs something more.
Also, how do you politely argue with these people? For context I have an older brother ( a stepbrother technically, but he has been in my life ever since I can remember) who considers himself centrist and non-ideological because he pays attention to science and "the latest studies." I remember when this man thought dogs and cats could breed and when he literally thought one gene separated humanity from chimps ( because of our genomes having 99% similarity).
I'm not trying to say he's irredeemable for those bad ideas. I'm just saying that someone who has to have it explained to them why you never see catdogs outside of Nickelodeon and that humans have more than one hundred genes (I had to explain to him that he was implying this) maybe shouldn't act like the Lord of Science. Should I start with the basics, like defining science and how it works?
TL;DR: What do you call someone who puts too much faith in science? How do you talk someone out if this
Is there a label for people who are like "The science says..." and "this study proves (rather than supports) x." This is [scientism](https://infogalactic.com/info/Scientism), right? Do we call them "scientismists"? I know "fanatic" exists, but this needs something more.
Also, how do you politely argue with these people? For context I have an older brother ( a stepbrother technically, but he has been in my life ever since I can remember) who considers himself centrist and non-ideological because he pays attention to science and "the latest studies." I remember when this man thought dogs and cats could breed and when he literally thought one gene separated humanity from chimps ( because of our genomes having 99% similarity).
I'm not trying to say he's irredeemable for those bad ideas. I'm just saying that someone who has to have it explained to them why you never see catdogs outside of Nickelodeon and that humans have more than one hundred genes (I had to explain to him that he was implying this) maybe shouldn't act like the Lord of Science. Should I start with the basics, like defining science and how it works?
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