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Fetal Pain – Another Case Where the “Science Denial” Insult Has Been Misapplied

It’s a blatant untruth that “fetuses cannot feel pain,” as neuroscientist Michael Egnor explains. Read More ›
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Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help

A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt. Read More ›
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Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›
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How Naturalism Morphed into a State Religion 

No threat to science today is in any way comparable to that posed by the state church of post-modern naturalism. Read More ›
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Human Zoos

New Documentary, Human Zoos, Will Get Public Premiere, November 11 at Oregon Film Festival

John West explores the legacy of pseudo-scientific racism that has trailed Darwinian theory from its inception down to today, with the emergence of the alt-right. Read More ›
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microcosm
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Evolution as a Microcosm of Other Scientific Debates

The evolution debate doesn’t simply stand alone, isolated from other controversies like the one about climate change. Read More ›
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“Great” Minds Think Universe Is a Computer Program

The Matrix, the first episode, was a fun movie. But as a description for reality? Please. Read More ›
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Scientist: Debate on Controversial Science Is “Un-American”

To the weaponized epithets “anti-science,” “science denial,” and the rest, you can now add “un-American” as a putdown for ideas in a scientific context that you don’t like. Read More ›
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Two Days After Warning Against “Anti-Science” Label, Nature Calls Academic Freedom “Anti-Science”

From the headline of the piece you might think you were reading some online tabloid. Read More ›

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