Scientism as effective as Religion in stressful situations

The distinction between scientisim and science should be drawn here - where scientism is a dogmatic view of science as the answer to all and the normative standard for value and how people should live their lives. Science itself, is much aware of its limitations and extends no further than the method and the theories that drive the investigation. It does not purport to make any further value claims. For example, science can investigate the relationship between fast food and cholesterol. But it does not extend so far as to state that people should or should not eat fast food. Scientism would pronounce the latter by making a value judgment based on what they think the sciene is.

Having said this, scientism and a belief in the value of science as the normative source of knowledge and morality can function in the same capacity as religious beliefs in stressful situations - or so a study by a group of Oxford Experimental Psychologists say