Tag: Censor of the Year

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 24, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, argumentum ad omnes, argumentum ad populum, B. F. Skinner, brain reflexes, Censor of the Year, Censor of the Year Award, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, Drosophila, free will, fruit flies, Jerry Coyne, libertarian free will, meat machines, morality, operant conditioning, parking lot, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, self-contradiction, social compliance, sophistry, Why Evolution Is True}

Morality Is Unintelligible Without Free Will: A Reply to Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Egnor
June 24, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A moral society is something entirely different from a well-run pigeon farm or a flourishing bottle of fruit flies. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ball State University, Censor of the Year, Center for Science and Culture, chromosomes, Colin Wright, Eric Hedin, freedom from religion foundation, John West, religion, Richard Dawkins, sex binary, Steven Pinker, Stockholm Syndrome, University of Chicago, uterus, vagina, woke ideology, woman}

In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 7, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ball State University, Brandeis University, Censor of the Year, Colin Wright, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Eric Hedin, evolutionary theory, Free Science, free speech, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, The Boundaries of Science, The College Fix, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski, wokeness}

When Materialism Turns on Its Own

_{Jonathan Witt
June 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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A cadre of atheist scientists, including Lawrence Krauss and Jerry Coyne, have long worked to silence and deplatform scientists who hold to the theory of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 14, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, atheism, Ball State University, Canceled Science, Censor of the Year, Darwinism, E.O. Wilson, Eric Hedin, eugenics, First Amendment, freedom from religion foundation, Jerry Coyne, Racism, Scientific American, wokeness}

“Woke” Comes Back to Bite the Darwinists

_{Michael Egnor
January 14, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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Darwinist Jerry Coyne has been at the forefront of efforts over the past couple of decades to censor advocates of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 10, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, atheism, Ball State University, Censor of the Year, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, Eric Hedin, evolutionary biology, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, Jerry Coyne, journalism, Quillette}

Censors Silenced Eric Hedin, but They Couldn’t Silence David Gelernter: Here’s Why It Matters

_{Brian Miller
October 10, 2019

Scientific Freedom

3}

Against Yale polymath David Gelernter, atheist Jerry Coyne had to resort to engaging the actual arguments. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 26, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Allan Bloom, Antony Flew, atheism, Censor of the Year, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, comedy, Cosmos (series), Darwin's bulldog, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute Press, evidence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Marcos Eberlin, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Plato, poets, Socrates, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, The Republic, There Is a God, Thomas Henry Huxley, wind}

Origins of a Dictum

_{David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2019

Intelligent Design

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“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It's almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ben Stein, Censor of the Year, Discovery Institute, Expelled (movie), free speech, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jo-Jo Eumerus, PJ Media, Stephen Meyer, Switzerland, Tyler O’Neil, vandalism, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia Shreds the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
February 13, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Sociology

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The less anyone cares, the more you can trust this ubiquitous information source. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Alex Berezow, Alexa, Amazon, Censor of the Year, censorship, Facebook, fake news, free speech, Günter Bechly, Haaretz, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger, methodological naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, Panda's Thumb, Real Clear Science, Thomas Nagel, Twitter, Walter Bradley}

Happy Darwin Day! Our 2018 Censor of the Year Is Wikipedia

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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As Darwin himself said, in a scientific context, “A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, A. N. Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, atheism, barnacles, Censor of the Year, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Christmas, creation myth, Darwin Day, Darwinism, evolution, fish, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, religion, Richard Dawkins, Washington Times}

A.N. Wilson and the Religious Nature of Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Wilson's biography sounds like appropriate reading for the holy day of Darwin, which is hardly more than a week away. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Censor of the Year, censorship, cosmos, evolution, intelligent design, Neil deGrasse Tyson, science history, William Steig, Yellow & Pink}

Time Is Running Out: Don’t Forget to Submit Your Nominations for Censor of the Year

_{David Klinghoffer
January 24, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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We will announce this year’s winner, as always, in time for February 12, Darwin’s birthday, celebrated here as Academic Freedom Day. Read More ›