History Quote by Daniel C. Dennett

“Distortion and suppression of the truth is encouraged by a prevailing attitude of scientism, not science itself but rather a certain attitude of veneration…

— Angus Menuge

“Science is no inexorable march to truth, mediated by the collection of objective information and the destruction of ancient superstition. Scientists, as ordinary human…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“To say that science is the measure of all true knowledge is not a scientific truth but a philosophic claim about science. It's scientism…

— Scott Klusendorf

It is this claim to a monopoly of meaning, rather than any special scientific doctrine, that makes science and religion look like competitors today.…

— Mary Midgley

The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of two contending powers, the…

— John William Draper

“And so come the cults, claiming to meet the needs that science has thus far failed to meet--and offering the prospective inductee a place…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

“The motives behind scientism are culturally significant. They have been mixed, as usual: genuine curiosity in search of truth; the rage for certainty and…

— Jacques Barzun

The common belief that... the actual relations between religion and science over the last few centuries have been marked by deep and enduring hostility...…

— Colin Archibald Russell

“We have been warned frequently about the dangers of science without ethics, but history without ethics poses a similar threat. Too often are events…

— Criss Jami

Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded…

— Martin Gardner

“Often known science will revolt against unknown science”

— Tirumala

Chris Ferguson brought up a really interesting point that I agree with, and he said science is a human endeavor. The more someone tells…

— Jason Schreier