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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Archaeopteryx, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, Darwinian theory, empirical science, Ernst Haeckel, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Gerd Müller, macroevolution, materialism, methodological naturalism, microevolution, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Newtonian mechanics, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Royal Society, Stephen Jay Gould, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie Science: Darwin’s Theory Feeds on Raw Materialism

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2018

Evolution

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Most of us think of science as the enterprise of seeking truth by formulating hypotheses and testing them against the evidence. This is empirical science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Alex Berezow, Anika Smith, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Jay Richards, March for Science, media, Michael Medved, podcast, policy, Politics, science, Uncommon Descent, virtue-signaling, Washington DC}

March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2018

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Bronx Zoo, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, documentary, eugenics, history, Houston, Human Zoos, John West, missing links, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, premiere, pseudoscience, Rachel Adams, Racism, Social Darwinism, Steve Fuller}

Human Zoos, Award-Winning Documentary, Will Premiere in Houston on April 18

_{David Klinghoffer
April 5, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Darwin-inspired racism was the consensus science of its day. Speaking out against it would have made you a crank and a science-denier. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, bioengineering, Biola University, Darwinian theory, enzymes, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, microbes, molecular biology, narrative, Review, Sean McDowell, story}

Sean McDowell: As an Introduction to Intelligent Design, Heretic Is a Top Pick

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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It’s surprising to reflect that no scientist up till now had fully shared his own experience in rethinking Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 5, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, academic freedom, Censor of the Year, censorship, evolution, Facebook, intelligent design, Jay Richards, scientists, self-censorship, social media, students, Summer Seminars}

Quiet Self-Censorship and the Academic “Consensus”

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 5, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Here is a sneak preview: Very shortly we will be opening up nominations for Censor of the Year. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, evidence, Google, groupthink, intelligent design, Politics, progress, scientists, sexism, University of Arizona}

Second Thought About the Idea of “Consensus”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 19, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Sometimes scientists do not, in fact, follow the evidence. The consensus, then, could be wrong. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, alt-right, anti-science, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, documentary, events, evolution, history, Human Zoos, John West, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pseudoscience, Rachel Adams, Racism, Richard Spencer, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga}

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

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

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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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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 23, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, annus horribilis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, evolution, Germany, Graecopithecus, human origins, IFL Science, Lucy, Orrorin, paleoanthropology, Sahelanthropus, Zombie Science (book)}

Human Origins: Out of Africa, or Out of Germany?

_{Günter Bechly
October 23, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Major discoveries in paleoanthropology that have made 2017 a kind of annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution. 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 ›