The Problem with the Yay Science Crowd

What is soft scientism If you want to support this channel, you can get 1 year of CuriosityStream AND Nebula for an incredible 12, at with the code medlife. That s 1 a month for thousands of epic documentaries and all your favourite indie creators. 41 off if you sign up before January. SCIENCE What is soft scientism Well, you probably won t know, because I just made the term up. I have a lot of thoughts about scientism and science communication. These are just a few of them, with a particular focus on 2020 and the pandemic. Watching this back, I am wondering if I need to stop making videos at 3am because I m not sure I got my point across at all. I m just a bit fed up of people giving the impression that science is a magical entity that knows all the answers. Of course all of this predates COVID, we re awash with YouTube channels, blogs and social media accounts which fetishise science in harmful ways. People praise crackpots that cite sources, which is a m