Extrascientific

/ˌɛkstrəsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ adjective

Definition

Not based on science; existing outside the methods or domain of scientific inquiry.

Etymology

From Latin 'extra' (outside) + 'scientific' (from Medieval Latin 'scientia' meaning knowledge, literally 'knowing', from 'scire' to know).

Kelly Says

Philosophy, art, and religion are all extrascientific—not because they're wrong, but because they ask different questions that the scientific method (testing, measuring, repeating) isn't designed to answer, which doesn't make them less valuable.

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