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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, "poor design", Case Western Reserve University, Charles Darwin, climate change, Darwinian evolution, David Klinghoffer, Gregor Mendel, Human Errors, Ian Tattersall, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, Michael Egnor, Nathan Lents, Paul Nelson, peer review, psychologist, Psychology Today, Skeptical Inquirer, stereotype}

Why Argue with Intelligent Design? Offer Drive-By Psychotherapy Instead!

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Avoiding serious discussion of design in nature (and of many other questions) fills a need. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, academic freedom, algae, astronaut, Australia, Canada, climate change, Darwin Day in America, evolution, free speech, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Human Zoos, Peter Ridd, Research, scientists, The New Atlantis}

Which Scientists Get to Have Free Speech?

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 7, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Does the “scientific consensus” mean that only scientists who follow the majority are entitled to have their say? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 2, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, Australia, censorship, climate change, evolution, Free Science, free speech, global warming, Granville Sewell, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Peter Ridd, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Scott Minnich}

Did James Cook University Finally Get “Ridd” of Him? An Interesting Case to Follow

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 2, 2018

Scientific Freedom

2}

Remember Peter Ridd, the scientist who studied the Great Barrier Reef and spoke out against those who said it showed evidence of global warming? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 2, 2018

Categories
Biology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, academic freedom, Australia, careerism, climate change, free speech, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Günter Bechly, James Cook University, paleontology, Peter Ridd, Richard Sternberg, science, Washington Post}

Disallowing Dissent: The Case of Peter Ridd

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 2, 2018

Biology, Scientific Freedom

3}

This is a familiar type of story to anyone who follows the news about academic freedom, especially on the subject of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 21, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __cedited, accountability, anti-humanism, Arizona State University, capitalism, China, climate change, Communism, environmentalism, global warming, New York Times, op-ed, socialism, Soviet Union}

Environmentalism Is Increasingly Anti-Human, Pro-Authoritarian

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2017

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Science Reporting

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The dirtiest economies have tended to be Communist ones, such as the old Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, anti-science, climate change, critical thinking, debate, Disinherit the Wind, evolution, Hollywood, ID the Future, John West, Jonathan Wells, Matt Chait, podcast, science}

Evolution as a Microcosm of Other Scientific Debates

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2017

Evolution

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The evolution debate doesn’t simply stand alone, isolated from other controversies like the one about climate change. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
September 12, 2017

Categories
Environment & Climate
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, catastrophism, climate change, coercion, Del Ratzsch, epicycles, fallibility, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, heliocentrism, Johannes Kepler, mythology, perverse incentives, Quartz, rhetorical strategies, Roman Catholic, science, scientism, suppressed evidence, technocracy, Tycho Brahe, Warfare Thesis}

The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth

_{Cornelius Hunter
September 12, 2017

Environment & Climate, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Trustworthiness

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The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 10, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolutionary Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, censorship, climate change, gender, Google, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, prejudice, Racism, storytelling}

James Damore and Evolutionary Storytelling

_{David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2017

Biology, Evolutionary Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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The Google diversity memo story is rich in ironies. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __cedited, anti-science, climate change, Darwinian theory, evolution, science, science denial, The Federalist, Wall Street Journal}

Scientist: Debate on Controversial Science Is “Un-American”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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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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Author
David K. DeWolf

Date
June 22, 2017

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Carl Jung, climate change, earth, Gaia, Moon, Paris accords, space exploration, Stephen Hawking}

Stephen Hawking: Off the Planet, to the Moon, in 200-500 Years

_{David K. DeWolf
June 22, 2017

Physical Sciences

4}

I am struck by the similarities between Hawking’s call for space exploration and the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Paris climate accords. Read More ›