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The use of the scientific method—or rather, the appeal to it—as a justification for psychological, social, or institutional violence against those whose beliefs, practices, or identities are deemed "unscientific." This can include public humiliation, coordinated harassment campaigns, denial of employment or housing, and exclusion from communities, all framed as "defending science." Scientific method violence does not involve physical force but is violence nonetheless: it destroys reputations, isolates individuals, and coerces conformity under the banner of rationality. It is often perpetrated by online skeptic communities, new atheists, and scientific fundamentalists.
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