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Harm—psychological, social, reputational, or even physical—inflicted through the weaponization of science and scientific authority. Ideoscientific violence includes public shaming of “pseudoscience” believers, organized harassment of researchers whose findings challenge orthodoxy, the use of scientific language to pathologize marginalized groups, and the denial of resources or employment based on ideological interpretations of “scientific consensus.” It is violence because it causes real damage, but it is ideoscientific because it is perpetrated under the banner of rationality and evidence.
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