How do we respond to scientistic fanatics who deny even emotions like happiness?

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So the question is, how do we deal with people who being so influenced by scientism, want to deny even their emotions, they don’t want to talk about happiness also. Actually, this is the fatal flaw of scientism, because ultimately, there are advocates of scientism, fanatical materialists, they say that even consciousness doesn’t exist.
But then again, it’s a fully self contradictory statement. Because without consciousness, they would not have been able to say that consciousness doesn’t exist. So they write books, that there is no consciousness, and they use their consciousness to write that there is no consciousness.
So it’s actually absurd. And even if they say we don’t want to talk about happiness, ultimately, whatever they are doing, why are they doing it? They are doing it to be happy, to avoid being miserable. Okay, if they say we don’t want to talk about happiness, then we can ask them, okay, do you want misery? If you say you don’t consider happiness, you consider happiness and all such things false, then just go and slap them on the face.
You know, will they say that they’re, oh, it’s all false. Now they’ll get angry. So this is patently false.
So you know, this sort of people who talk like this, their philosophy is only for talking, not for living. No, scientism is a talk that no one can walk. It’s a talk that no one can walk.
So not only is it logically false, but it is experientially, practically impossible. So if some people are too fanatical, then the Upadesha Amrit tells us that upeksha, that we neglect them. But there are intelligent people, there are open-minded people who may get influenced by such people.
But if we present properly, then if we answer, if we explain how we respect science, we don’t disrespect science, but we point out that scientism is not science. And you can also respect science without having to become scientistic. Then those who are fanatical, we leave them aside, we neglect them.
And those who are open-minded, we present the broad understanding to them and attract them.