Heaven Help Us!

The New York Times reports today on research supposedly designed to"measure" what's going on in people's brains when they see various political images. In other words: more mumbo-jumbo from the world of neuroscience. (If I find out there was tax funding for this, I know which part of my brain will erupt.) A sponsor of the study said,"These new tools could help us someday be less reliant on clichés and unproven adages. They'll help put a bit more science in political science."

That's not quite right. It will help put a lot more scientism into political scientism.