Making grand, universal claims about complex systems (like human behavior, climate, or ecosystems) based on oversimplified models or a single disciplinary lens. It's the over-extension of a scientific paradigm beyond its useful domain, ignoring confounding variables and the inherent complexity of the subject.
Example: "His sweeping science approach claimed all human mating choices could be reduced to a simple genetic algorithm for optimal offspring. It ignored culture, love, personal history, and the entire field of sociology. It was a biologist's hammer treating the human heart as a nail."
by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026
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