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Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Read More ›
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Halloween Edition: A Look at Frightening Science with Wesley J. Smith

Biotechnology is advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. Read More ›
Aleksandr-Solzhenitsyn
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Live Not by Lies: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Intelligent Design

When one person stands up to lies or oppression, others can become emboldened to do the same. Read More ›
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How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Read More ›
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Northwest Crown Fire Experiment
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Why We Can’t Trust the Science Journals — A Climate Scientist Explains

Patrick Brown left academia so he could engage in better science. And, that allowed him to write this article. Read More ›
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Shift from “Evidence-Based” to “Science-Based” Medicine Would Stifle Debate

Trust must be earned, not imposed. Information gatekeepers can be wrong. The danger of censorship in the name of “science” is growing. Read More ›
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For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Read More ›
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Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink

The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous. Read More ›
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Photo: Pocket watch, an image Wikipedia links with intelligent design because it’s meant to suggest an association with William Paley and the antiquated “watchmaker analogy”; by Hannes Grobe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Sanger Fought Disinformation on Intelligent Design “Tooth and Nail” — But Disinformation Won

"I fought ... tooth and nail on the question whether Wikipedia articles should dismiss [ID] and other nonstandard scientific theories without a hearing." Read More ›
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Andrew Klavan, Casey Luskin: Displaced Authority and Progressive Censorship

Klavan smells a rat when famous scientists like Richard Dawkins use displaced authority to make proclamations about science’s relationship with religion. Read More ›

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