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The Myth of “Settled Science”

Einstein was wrong. Quantum mechanics does not follow the principle of “local causality.” God apparently does play dice with the universe. Read More ›
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Claim: Only Doctors Can Prevent Global Warming

Science, medical, and bioethics journals are setting themselves up as the new political resistance. Read More ›
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Learning to Love Industrial Farming

"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called Bioethicists

Can you see it? Putin calling the Hastings Center and asking for a bioethics consultation before invading Ukraine. Read More ›
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On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Read More ›
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Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Read More ›
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Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef

The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›
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Woke Watch: The Ideological Transformation of Medical Journals

Now, the political alarm is over "planetary health," which covers a lot of, er, ground. Read More ›
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Why We Can’t Trust the Science Journals — A Climate Scientist Explains

Patrick Brown left academia so he could engage in better science. And, that allowed him to write this article. Read More ›
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Pleistocene Park: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The idea is to recreate some of the DNA from the sequencing of frozen mammoths, and inject it into an Asian elephant egg. Read More ›

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