# kaal:claim:3782220-034

**Claim.** Scientists do not deserve and can never earn the authority to rule on whether we should ask what meaning or values lie behind the rules guiding the universe; on that subject they have less authority than those who study spirituality, theology, morality, or poetry.

**Type.** normative  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- questions of meaning and value rather than physical law

**Source quote.**

> Scientists do not deserve to rule on the question of whether we should ask what the meaning is behind the rules guiding the universe, or the values they might reflect. They have less author- ity on this subject than someone who studies spirituality or theology or morality or poetry.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Universal values from science and poetry, page 13

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** scientism, authority, meaning, values, epistemic-limits

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