People love to throw around terms like "scientific values" as if they mean something concrete, but let me tell you—it’s complete bullshit.
There’s a scientific method, sure, and it’s one of the greatest tools we’ve ever created for uncovering truths about the physical world.
But values? Morality? Ethics?
They’re not scientific, and they never will be. You can’t measure them, test them, or replicate them in a lab. That’s not how it works.
Yeah, you can talk about rational morality, and sure, you can approach ethical questions with reason and logic. But scientific morality? Scientific values?
That’s just smoke and mirrors. It’s a way to manipulate people who haven’t been trained to see through the jargon. The scientific method is about observation, experimentation, and proof. It has no room for religion, no room for subjective ethics, and no place in areas it simply can’t measure.
The hypocrisy of using "scientific values" as some kind of moral high ground is astounding. It’s not science—it’s a bastardisation of the term, designed to confuse and control.
The scientific method is for understanding reality, not twisting it to fit someone’s agenda. If you’re going to talk about values, leave science out of it.
Stick to what it can do, not what you wish it could.
The misuse of terms like "scientific values" is an insult to reason and the integrity of the scientific method.
Science is a tool—a brilliant, irreplaceable tool for discovering truths about the natural world.
But as Stayed, values? Morality?
These belong to the realm of philosophy, to the exercise of rational thought applied to human action and existence. To call values “scientific” is to betray both science and morality, reducing them to a meaningless abstraction.
The scientific method operates within the boundaries of measurable, objective reality.
The scientific method has people who observe, the method involves experiments, the end is a person proves.
But morality is not a science—a rational code of ethics derived from the fundamental question of what is necessary for man to live and flourish. Morality is rooted in the facts of reality, yes, but it is not subject to the same processes of empirical validation. Values cannot be measured by instruments or tested in laboratories; they are chosen through the exercise of reason and free will.
Those who invoke “scientific values” are not advancing science—they are perverting it.
They, the woke et al. use the term to evade the hard work of philosophy, to smuggle in their own unexamined beliefs under the guise of objectivity. This is not the pursuit of truth; it is intellectual cowardice.
Science and philosophy are two distinct but complementary realms.
Science can provide us with the facts of reality, but it is philosophy—reason—that tells us how to act upon those facts.
To conflate the two is to destroy both, leaving man adrift in a fog of contradictions. If we are to defend the mind and the method of science, we must also defend the sanctity of morality as a rational enterprise. The manipulation of language to blur these distinctions is the hallmark of collectivism and intellectual dishonesty. And it is to be rejected with all the certainty of a mind committed to truth.
S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Jan 12, 2025
https://x.com/CsTominaga/status/1878325184429805721?t=IlTWVseiEZGBi82_BU6k6g&s=19
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/2509
There’s a scientific method, sure, and it’s one of the greatest tools we’ve ever created for uncovering truths about the physical world.
But values? Morality? Ethics?
They’re not scientific, and they never will be. You can’t measure them, test them, or replicate them in a lab. That’s not how it works.
Yeah, you can talk about rational morality, and sure, you can approach ethical questions with reason and logic. But scientific morality? Scientific values?
That’s just smoke and mirrors. It’s a way to manipulate people who haven’t been trained to see through the jargon. The scientific method is about observation, experimentation, and proof. It has no room for religion, no room for subjective ethics, and no place in areas it simply can’t measure.
The hypocrisy of using "scientific values" as some kind of moral high ground is astounding. It’s not science—it’s a bastardisation of the term, designed to confuse and control.
The scientific method is for understanding reality, not twisting it to fit someone’s agenda. If you’re going to talk about values, leave science out of it.
Stick to what it can do, not what you wish it could.
The misuse of terms like "scientific values" is an insult to reason and the integrity of the scientific method.
Science is a tool—a brilliant, irreplaceable tool for discovering truths about the natural world.
But as Stayed, values? Morality?
These belong to the realm of philosophy, to the exercise of rational thought applied to human action and existence. To call values “scientific” is to betray both science and morality, reducing them to a meaningless abstraction.
The scientific method operates within the boundaries of measurable, objective reality.
The scientific method has people who observe, the method involves experiments, the end is a person proves.
But morality is not a science—a rational code of ethics derived from the fundamental question of what is necessary for man to live and flourish. Morality is rooted in the facts of reality, yes, but it is not subject to the same processes of empirical validation. Values cannot be measured by instruments or tested in laboratories; they are chosen through the exercise of reason and free will.
Those who invoke “scientific values” are not advancing science—they are perverting it.
They, the woke et al. use the term to evade the hard work of philosophy, to smuggle in their own unexamined beliefs under the guise of objectivity. This is not the pursuit of truth; it is intellectual cowardice.
Science and philosophy are two distinct but complementary realms.
Science can provide us with the facts of reality, but it is philosophy—reason—that tells us how to act upon those facts.
To conflate the two is to destroy both, leaving man adrift in a fog of contradictions. If we are to defend the mind and the method of science, we must also defend the sanctity of morality as a rational enterprise. The manipulation of language to blur these distinctions is the hallmark of collectivism and intellectual dishonesty. And it is to be rejected with all the certainty of a mind committed to truth.
S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Jan 12, 2025
https://x.com/CsTominaga/status/1878325184429805721?t=IlTWVseiEZGBi82_BU6k6g&s=19
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/2509
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