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An ideological and political stance that uses the authority of science as a justification for strict, top-down control over belief, discourse, and practice. It treats any deviation from currently accepted scientific consensus not as a normal part of inquiry but as a dangerous deviation that must be suppressed—by censorship, professional blacklisting, or even legal punishment. Unlike healthy skepticism, anti‑pseudoscience authoritarianism tolerates no dissent, no delay in implementation, and no questioning of the scientific establishment itself. It often conflates disagreement with harm, turning methodological naturalism into a state ideology. The result is a system where “science” becomes a weapon for silencing opponents rather than a tool for collective learning.
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