Tag: critical thinking

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, citations, critical thinking, dragonflies, Energy, engineers, flatworms, grasshoppers, innovation, intelligent design, mantis shrimp, Stuart Burgess, wings}

Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance

_{Emily Reeves
December 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 11, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computers, copyright, critical thinking, Gary Smith, images, intelligence, novels, writing}

For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

_{Peter Biles
March 11, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 5, 2021

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, authoritarianism, climate change, critical thinking, ecocide, economics, fishing, genocide, global warming, media, medical professionals, medical students}

Ideological Takeover of Science Continues

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 5, 2021

Medicine

4}

Declaring a “climate emergency” would open the door to rule by diktat over environmental policy. You can envision the authoritarian possibilities. Read More ›

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Date
July 20, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), podcast, Robert Crowther, Sarah Chaffee, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, survey}

Censors Claim Teachers “Advocate Evolution” More Now Than in 2007 — Don’t Believe It

_{Science & Culture
July 20, 2020

Science Education

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How likely are biology teachers with doubts about Darwinism to participate in a survey by an organization instrumental in attacking Darwin-doubting teachers? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 6, 2020

Categories
Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, books, college, critical thinking, Denis Noble, education, engineers, Khan Academy, Modern Synthesis, Nature (journal), physicians, Royal Society, scientists, Stanford University, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Science Education and the Growth Mindset

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 6, 2020

Psychology, Science Education

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Growth mindset is an idea popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambridge University, classroom, critical thinking, debate, denialism, education, evolution, extraterrestrials, Forbes, ID the Future, neo-Darwinian theory, Paul Nelson, scholars, scientific literature, scientists}

Indoctrination or Debate? How to Teach Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 31, 2019

Science Education

3}

A course in “Science and Nonsense” is intended to persuade, to herd students toward approved opinions. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, academic freedom day, Alabama, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, critical thinking, curriculum, Darwin Day, education, evolution, Free Science, Indiana, legislation, Louisiana, teachers, Tennessee}

Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 1, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 25, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Science and Culture, creationism, critical thinking, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, Free Science, intelligent design, lawsuits, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, religion, science denial, scientific inquiry, students, teachers, Tennessee, Zack Kopplin}

Louisiana Science Education Act Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 25, 2018

Science Education

2}

The LSEA demonstrates that we don’t have to teach evolution dogmatically in public schools. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, American history, behavior, bias, Caltech, critical thinking, education, evolution, ideology, Internet, knowledge, objectivity, power, science, Scientific American, stem, students, Yale University}

Yale President Calls for Objectivity in Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 16, 2018

Evolution, Psychology, Science Education

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He might not welcome my saying so, but his emphasis on thinking critically and examining evidence is spot-on. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, "teach the controversy", atheism, critical thinking, Darwinian theory, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, irony, mutations, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probability, science, skepticism, stochastic processes}

Calling for Critical Thinking on Science, Darwinist Cites David Berlinski

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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Equipping people to be “their own science referees” is a large part of the mission of the intelligent design movement. Read More ›