Scientific Gas Lighting
In a solo talking-head video, Arjuna argues that dismissing a well-read layperson's view with 'the experts disagree' is gaslighting: appeal to authority is the very dogmatic, top-down epistemic structure New Atheists condemn in religion, and anyone - scientist or layman - pushing a strong opinion owes proportional study of the dissenting case, including Stephen Meyer's.
critical thinking · epistemology · evolution · logical fallacies · philosophy of science · psychology of religion · science and religion · scientific methodology · theism vs atheism
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