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“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›
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On Science and Other Subjects, the “Experts” Have Blown Up Their Own Credibility

Long time free speech advocate Greg Lukianoff and Angel Eduardo dissect the Cancel Culture that makes distrust a quite reasonable choice. Read More ›
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How Science Fueled the White Supremacist Mass Murderer in Buffalo, NY

Over the weekend, a teenage male shooter perpetrated a horrific mass murder in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin Returns, Teases a New Book, Celebrates ID 3.0

Luskin tells about an upcoming book he’s been working on with William Dembski, another ID proponent who stepped away from day-to-day ID work. Read More ›
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Did COVID-19 Virus Evolve by Natural Selection?

Natural selection, if understood as undirected variation and differential reproductive success, is a destructive process. Read More ›
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Introducing the New “Conspiracism” Canard

Here’s a fresh twist on efforts to evade a debate about design in nature by associating ID with tendencies in thought that many people find disreputable. Read More ›

A Good Question from Michael Denton About the Fixity of Animal Body Plans

The class Insecta with its distinctive segmentation goes back at least 400 million years to the Silurian period. It gives the impression of a creative personality at work in a lab. He hits on a design he likes and sticks with it. Read More ›

Darwinism and 9/11 Conspiracy Theories: The Parallels

"Facts alone are insufficient to destroy a conspiracy theory, of course, and in many ways a theory's appeal has more to do with the receptiveness of its audience than the accuracy of its details." Read More ›

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