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    STS 101: Science, Technology, and Society

    Midterm - Seatwork #1
    Documentary Film Analysis

    Name: Course and Section Date Submitted:

    Instructions: Watch and take notes on the documentary film, The Magician’s Twin: C.S.
    Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, available on Youtube
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPeyJvXU68k). Then answer the following
    questions:

    1. Why was C.S. Lewis very much a skeptic and critic of scientism? Was he against
    science? (10 pts)

    2. How did C.S. Lewis explain the following: (30 pts)


    2.1. science as a religion

    2.2. science as credulity

    2.3. science as power

    3. Why did C.S. Lewis think that modern science is far more dangerous than magic? (10
    pts)

    4. Why did C.S. Lewis become increasingly concerned about the rise of scientocracy?
    How does scientocracy relate to scientism? (20 pts)

    5. Based on what you learned in the documentary film, how does scientism pose a
    threat to the human person flourishing in science and technology? Why should science
    be guided by an ethical basis that is not dictated by science itself. (30 pts)

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