Category: Scientific Freedom

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ABC, cancel culture, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Charlie Kirk, climate, climate change, comedians, Elsevier journals, entertainment industry, evolution, evolutionary biologists, ideological differences, ideology, Jerry Coyne, Jimmy Kimmel, journals, lawsuits, Marcel Crok, peer-reviewed articles, physicists, Plato's Revenge, predictions, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, ratings, researchers, Richard Sternberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, settled science, skepticism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Meyer, The College Fix}

Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

_{David Klinghoffer
September 18, 2025

Environment & Climate, Scientific Freedom

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In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound. Read More ›

Study of quantum energy physics model of molecules and nuclear energy 3d rendering

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Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __trending, academic research, affiliation, cancel culture, conspiracy theorists, David Lindley, Eric Weinstein, Germany, Joe Rogan, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, language, paper mill, physics, Piers Morgan, pseudocience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, Team Cancel, tone policing, Wall Street Journal}

For Criticizing Her Field, Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled by Her Institution

_{Science and Culture
September 17, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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Her parting words: “A lot of research [in] the foundations of physics is now pseudocience. It hasn't followed the scientific method for decades.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic credentials, academic freedom, Claire Lehmann, commenters, creationists, Darwin-skeptics, David Hullender, Elsevier journals, engineered systems, evolution, evolutionary biologists, harassment, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Olen Brown, peer review, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, pseudosciences, Quillette, Richard Dawkins, Scopes trial, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Missouri, University of Texas at Arlington, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance

_{Casey Luskin
September 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

10}

It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›

Abstract image representing quantum mechanics and the mysterious world of subatomic particles, quantum, mechanics, physics

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, conspiracy theory, Daniel Kagan Kans, Eric Weinstein, general relativity, governments, Johns Hopkins University, Leonard Susskind, physical world, physics, Piers Morgan, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, taxpayers, theoretical physicists, tinfoil hat, Wall Street Journal, YouTubers}

“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 15, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 86 47 (sticker), 9/11, americans, anniversary, Ben Shapiro, Bluesky, bus shelter, capitalists, Charlie Kirk, churches, city streets, conservative personalities, culture, dialogue, expletive, free speech, gangster slang, graffiti, Jonathan Choe, madness, Nazis, neighborhood, public forums, rebranding, Seattle, Seattle Central College, stickers, synagogues, United States, webinar, Zionist, Zoom}

Charlie Kirk and the Ultimate Form of Cancellation

_{David Klinghoffer
September 11, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Freedom

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It's not just on college campuses. There are many public forums, including churches, synagogues, and city streets. Read More ›

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Date
August 28, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Andy May, Approved Views, carbon dioxide, climate change, Forest Romm, Kevin Waldman, Marty Rowland, Micaiah Bilger, Northwestern University, Orwellian, peer pressure, political correctness, psychology, The College Fix, The Hill, transgenderism, trust-fund babies, University of Michigan, Watts Up With That?}

Even Scientists Are Starting to Doubt “Approved Views”

_{Science and Culture
August 28, 2025

Environment & Climate, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

3}

A recent Orwellian firing gives some insight into what happens when an academic collides with Political Correctness. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Civic Biology, ACLU, Alexander Heard, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, blacklisting, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Bible, Bolton Davidheiser, Casey Luskin, censorship, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Dayton, Democrats, Dudley Field Malone, Edward Larson, freedom, fundamentalists, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Holocaust, Horatio Hockett Newman, Human Zoos, Icons of Evolution, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Wells, March of Man, Maynard Metcalf, Phillip E. Johnson, Scopes trial, Social Darwinism, Summer for the Gods, Supreme Court, Teaching Company, The Daily Wire, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, Zombie Science}

Inhibit the Mind? Scopes Revisionism Can End

_{David Coppedge
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The centennial of the Scopes Trial is a good time to set the record straight. Here’s a way to turn the tables on the stereotype. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bullying, bureaucracy, Cambrian Explosion, Center for Science and Culture, Emily Sandico, Federal Government, Greece, Greek Orthodox Church, heresy, immaterial genome, John West, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, National Museum of Natural History, Ottoman Empire, parishioners, Plato's Revenge, priests, Redmond, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity}

“Recant!” A Sternberg Story that (Almost) Got Away

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

3}

The priest cited to Sternberg the experience of Greeks when they lived under harsh Turkish rule. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Department of Justice, Edward Martin Jr., Eric Rubin, First Amendment, free speech, gender-affirming care, government, medicine, New York Times, public health, public policy, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, Washington DC}

The Wrong Tool to Fix Woke Science Journals

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2025

Medicine, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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The government has no business pressuring medical journals about their content — no matter how biased. Read More ›