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Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›
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For Suicide, Disguised “Public Health” Policies Aren’t the Solution

The authors even suggest regulations controlling the manufacture of ceiling fans because some people have used the mechanisms to hang themselves. Read More ›
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For Your Own Good: The Looming Health Authoritarianism

If you want to see what is going to go wrong with society next, read the professional journals. Read More ›
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Slouching Toward Totalitarianism — How to Fight Science Censorship

Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas Read More ›
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This Is Science? Top Medical Journal Goes After … Capitalism

Having strived to transform global warming into a planetary health emergency, it has now published a screed attacking “commercialism” for killing the planet. Read More ›
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C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Read More ›
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Mimetic Behavior in the Scientific Community

Sometimes the suppression comes from the government. The restriction on doctors' freedom to use promising treatments during the pandemic was unprecedented. Read More ›
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Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›
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The Meaning of the Image of God

In the ancient world, it was rulers and emperors who were sometimes said to be “the image of God.” Read More ›
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UFOs Replay History: Rogan, Keating, and “Things Seen in the Skies”

Psychologist Carl Jung got interested in UFOs around 1946, shortly after the development of the atom bomb. Read More ›

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