I have written quite a bit about the evil philosophy of Scientism over the years. The word is often used in a sloppy manner where it doesn’t convey the deep history or the substance of its meaning.
One accurate but incomplete definition states “Scientism is the philosophical belief that reliable knowledge is obtained solely through the scientific method and it leads to scientist telling us what is right and wrong.”
It was the French philosopher Henri de Saint-Simon [1760 – 1825] who originally made the proposition. He is widely considered to be the father of Technocracy and Transhumanism, both of which are based on the underlying philosophy/religion of Scientism.
The New World Encyclopedia writes,
In the wake of the French Revolution, Saint-Simon proposed a new and positive reorganization of society, controlled by the chiefs of industry, with scientists in the role of priests. The aim of this society would be to produce things useful to life, and peace would be assured by universal association. Saint-Simon’s call for a “science of society” influenced the development of sociology and economics as fields of scientific study.
Saint-Simon literally believed that Christianity (mostly the Catholic church, in his view) should be reformed where traditional priests would be replaced by a priesthood of scientists and engineers. This new priesthood would listen to the god of”science” rather than the God of the Bible.
As I quoted the writings of Saint-Simon in my book Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order,
A scientist, my dear friends, is a man who foresees; it is because science provides the means to predict that it is useful, and the scientists are superior to all other men.
The New World Encyclopedia concludes, “Government would be a kind of spiritual or scientific autocracy.”
Sounds just like what is happening today, doesn’t it?
Patrick Wood is a leading and critical expert on Sustainable Development, Green Economy, Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda and historic Technocracy. He is the author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation (2015) and co-author of Trilaterals Over Washington, Volumes I and II (1978-1980) with the late Antony C. Sutton.
