Why the Scientocracy Won’t Work

by Wesley J. Smith

Regular readers of SHS know that I am critical of the trend to let “the scientists” decide what is ethical and what our public policies should be. That not only subverts science by mutating it into an ideology or social movement rather than a method (scientism), but is nuts because . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jul 2008

Scientocracy Alert: Either Accept the "Scientific Consensus" or Go to Jail

by Wesley J. Smith

This is not a post about the realities—or lack thereof—of man-caused global warming. It is about the rising hubris of “the scientists” who seem to think they are entitled to rule the world.NASA scientist James Hanson has called for the jailing of oil executives for . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2008