Tag: expertise

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, biochemists, birmingham, Brian Miller, Dave Farina, debates, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, expertise, fairy tales, intelligent design, James Tour, prebiotic chemistry, Rice University, University of Alabama, YouTube videos}

Professor Dave — Conspiracy Theorist

_{David Klinghoffer
May 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

4}

The scientist — Javier Campos-Gomez at the University of Alabama at Birmingham — was easy to find and I emailed him to confirm that he is who he says he is. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, atheism, Brave New World, C.S. Lewis, China, churches, COVID-19, Dennis Prager, dystopia, expertise, experts, God Hypothesis, isolation, lockdown, Marxism, materialism, Return of the God Hypothesis, riots, secularism, Soviet Union, synagogues, The Matrix, totalitarianism, tyranny, United States, unvaccinated}

Stephen Meyer: Totalitarian Dystopias and the God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

3}

The insight is timely, given the two-year anniversary of lockdowns that we’ve recently observed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 20, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, ancient Greece, authoritarianism, Ben Shapiro, doctors, expertise, Latin, neologism, physicists, podcast, scientism, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego}

“Ultracrepidarianism” — A Helpful New Word for a Problem in Science and Elsewhere

_{David Klinghoffer
September 20, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

It alludes to an adage with roots in ancient Greece, “Let the cobbler not judge above the sandal.” That is, mind your own business. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, biological information, Brian Miller, cells, DNA, doctors, engineers, evolutionary biologists, expertise, experts, function, hacking, Information Technology, James Tour, redundancy, Rice University, synthetic organic chemistry, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, Year of the Expert}

Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2020

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

4}

If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, academy, bullies, debates, Douglas Axe, evolutionary biology, expertise, intelligent design, professors, self-censorship}

Douglas Axe: The Sway of Self-Image in Evolutionary Debates

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2020

Biology, Evolution

2}

You really cannot understand debates about evolution without appreciating the ego — the male ego in particular, you could argue — that is involved. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ancient Greece, atheism, Caltech, credentialism, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, evolution, expertise, experts, frogs, high school, intelligent design, materialists, molecular biology, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, U.C. Berkeley}

Evolution and the “Experts” — A Liberating Message from Molecular Biologist Doug Axe

_{David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

The controversy about Darwinian evolution is often framed as a matter of credentials. We must listen to the “experts”! Please precious experts, tell us what to think! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 16, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Sociology
Tagged
, __nedited, 1984 (novel), anomalies, cynicism, dissent, elitism, exclusion, expertise, foxes, George Orwell, lions, Normal Science, Paul Nelson, Politics, post-truth, power and prestige, revolutionary science, Royal Society, scientific debate, Steve Fuller, The Guardian}

London Guardian Acknowledges the Irony of Excluding ID Advocates from the Royal Society Meeting

_{David Klinghoffer
December 16, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Sociology

4}

Sociologist Steve Fuller's theme is what he calls "post-truth." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __tedited, accessibility, common science, expertise, functional coherence, intellectual exploration, laymen, nature, random mutations, random processes, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition}

In Undeniable, Douglas Axe Liberates Readers from the Tyranny of Evolution “Experts”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2016

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

It was with a familiar longing that I turned the last page of Dr. Axe's new book. Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
June 7, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __tedited, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, computational power, expertise, human intelligence, human mind, intelligence, machine intelligence, meaninglessness, Overruling Intelligence, Watson}

Watson’s Goof — What We Should Really Fear from AI

_{Brendan Dixon
June 7, 2016

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

8}

It was a telling response, revealing the idiot inside the savant. Read More ›