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  • adjective In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.

Etymologies

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pro- +‎ science

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Examples

  • If you need "references to philosophers of science" to make a blog "proscience" rather than

    Watts Up With That? Willis Eschenbach 2010

  • In fact part of the “proscience enterprise” of PT might in fact be making that clear.

    Ken Miller's talks at KU - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • You wrote, “I said that if we condone members of PT bashing, then whole proscience enterprise of PT is doomed to failure.”

    Ken Miller's talks at KU - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • I said that if we condone members of PT bashing, then whole proscience enterprise of PT is doomed to failure.

    Ken Miller's talks at KU - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Just beware the comments on the Guardian website can be just as clogged up with creationist nonsense as any American proscience website.

    Pharyngula 2009

  • Just beware the comments on the Guardian website can be just as clogged up with creationist nonsense as any American proscience website.

    Planet Atheism 2009

  • Not only b/c McCain is generally proscience and has very reasonable views on 80% of important science, but also b/c the corresponding democrat often has just as many bizarre views as well (Hilary’s communion with the dead, Obama’s views on ethanol subsidies) that we must never talk about.

    Culture War By Proxy Sean 2008

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