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The arrogant misapplication of scientific authority to claim that phenomena currently unexplained by science are therefore permanently unexplainable by it, or that science's current models are complete and final. It is the mirror image of the "God of the Gaps" fallacy. Instead of inserting deity into unknowns, it inserts a dogmatic, closed scientific materialism, claiming "science says it's impossible" as a way to shut down inquiry into the anomalous, paranormal, or merely not-yet-studied.
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