When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence
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When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence
The desire to see yourself as smarter than average—and the fear of looking like you’re not — can be seen from schoolyard taunts to scientific or religious skepticism. Eugenics was one egregious example of how this temptation could lead to seriously wrong science; wrong both morally, and scientifically. What are the roots to this worship of “intelligence”, and what does it tell us about how we evaluate science, faith, and
each other?
Find out more about Br Guy here: https://www.vaticanobservatory.va/en/who-are-we/staff/br-guy-j-consolmagno-s-j
The desire to see yourself as smarter than average—and the fear of looking like you’re not — can be seen from schoolyard taunts to scientific or religious skepticism. Eugenics was one egregious example of how this temptation could lead to seriously wrong science; wrong both morally, and scientifically. What are the roots to this worship of “intelligence”, and what does it tell us about how we evaluate science, faith, and
each other?
Find out more about Br Guy here: https://www.vaticanobservatory.va/en/who-are-we/staff/br-guy-j-consolmagno-s-j
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