Tag: conformity

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, americans, authoritarianism, conformity, COVID-19, crime, drunk driving, Ethan Siegel, expertise, freedom, hospitals, hubris, humility, ideology, lockdowns, military, punishment, schools, security, Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, Vaccines}

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, behavior, coercion, communication, conformity, education, Facebook, industry, Instagram, Leviticus, media, medicine, military, mimesis, philosophers, power, prestige, propaganda, religion, René Girard, science, scientific community, social media, TikTok, Twitter}

Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

_{Ann Gauger
November 17, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

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French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, academics, conformity, evolution, evolutionary biology, graduate students, intelligent design, Nobel Prize, Research, risk, safety, Science, scientists, Stony Brook University, tenure, Undark}

Physicist Explains: Why Scientists Play It Safe

_{David Klinghoffer
April 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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On evolution and other subjects, this promotes a stale conservatism, well suited to defending orthodoxies. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, academic freedom, conformity, Darwinists, evolutionary theory, Free Science, free speech, government, intelligent design, mainstream media, Matt Ridley, pandemic, Richard Feynman, science, scientists, scientocracy, values, Wall Street Journal, worldview}

From Matt Ridley, Smart Remarks on Scientocracy — and a Howling Irony

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Freedom

4}

No one in the intelligent design research community could have said this with greater punch. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 14, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, bioengineering, chemicals, conformity, coronavirus, COVID-19, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, masks, morality, Racism, teleology, The Conversation, transhumanism}

“Morality Pills”: Ethicist Calls for Drugs to Solve COVID Non-Compliance

_{Richard Weikart
August 14, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Medicine

4}

Whatever one thinks about government mandates relating to the coronavirus, Parker Crutchfield’s “solution” is worse than the problem. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Charles Darwin, conformity, conservative, creativity, evolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, paradigm, reputation, Research, science, scientists, Thomas Kuhn, University of Cambridge}

Science Philosopher: Science World Beset by “Filters,” “Conformity,” “Hidebound” Thinking

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

4}

How often have we heard the stale line about how science adores fresh thinking that topples past idols? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, climate change, conformity, Douglas Axe, evolution, March for Science, The Stream, Undeniable (book)}

Doug Axe to Science March Organizers: A Scientific Majority Doesn’t Equal “Settled Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 20, 2017

Evolution, Science, Scientific Freedom

4}

As a biologist, Dr. Axe knows well from personal experience the costs of thinking for yourself. Read More ›

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Date
June 13, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, conformity, groupthink, stereotypes, TED talks}

Intelligent Design Is a Protest Movement Against Homogenized Thought

_{Science & Culture
June 13, 2016

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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Watch this parody of a TED talk. It's very funny, and true, but also suggests a more serious point. Read More ›