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Galileo Galilei facing Roman inquisition, abandoning his views on heliocentricism. Reenactment of an important historical moment shaping the course of science and religion.
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Please, NASA, No More Galileos!

The David Coppedge case stands as an egregious instance of intolerance toward scientific dissent, so much so that it merits your attention and action, for Caltech runs JPL under contract with NASA, a government agency, and is thus indirectly accountable to the electorate, by which I mean you, dear reader. Read More ›
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Portraits of the great physicist, astronomer, philosopher, and scientist Galileo Galilei. Historical figures for use in science education and cultural commentary, generative ai.
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Would Galileo Side With John Hauptman or Guillermo Gonzalez?

We’ve recently discussed Iowa State University physicist John Hauptman’s prejudice against ID-proponents which was printed in the Des Moines Register. In response to our article observing misrepresentations of Guillermo Gonzalez’s arguments, David Deming, geologist and geophysicist and associate professor at the University of Oklahoma, sent some enlightening comments that further respond to Hauptman’s op-ed against Guillermo Gonzalez. Part of Dr. Deming’s comments are reprinted below: It certainly must have been a profound embarrassment for the Iowa State president to issue a press release stating ID had nothing to do with the tenure decision on the same day that Hauptman published a confession that it was the essentially the only reason he voted against Gonzalez’s tenure. I saw your most recent Read More ›

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