Tag: Great Barrier Reef

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Albert Einstein, Australia, Charles Darwin, climate change, Climate Change: The Facts 2017, COVID-19, evolution, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Institute of Public Affairs, James Cook University, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, Peter Ridd, United States, universities}

In Australia, Academic Freedom Case Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 3, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Professor Peter Ridd doubted that the Great Barrier Reef was almost dead due to global warming, and argued as much. Read More ›

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Date
September 18, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, astrobiology, Atacama Desert, Australia, BBC News, cable bacteria, carbon, Chile, DNA, Great Barrier Reef, intelligent design, Live Science, Mars, microbes, molecular machines, Nature Communications, Nature Scientific Reports, New Scientist, oxygen, Paul Nelson, perchlorates, PNAS}

With an Assist from Nature, DNA Travels the Globe

_{Science and Culture
September 18, 2019

Life Sciences

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Life makes its way around the world using nonliving transportation systems, seeding the world with complex specified information. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 28, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, Albert Einstein, Australia, Charles Darwin, climate change, evolutionary theory, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, Peter Ridd, Science Uprising, scientists, United States}

Judge Calls for Academic Freedom…in Australia

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 28, 2019

Scientific Freedom

3}

Wow! That is some stirring prose. The reference to Darwin is ironic, though. Read More ›

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Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Being as Communion, blind search, Brian Miller, causation, Claude Shannon, Conservation of Information, David Snoke, David Wolpert, entropy, Eric Anderson, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Great Barrier Reef, information, information theory, Interface Focus, materialism, Michael Keas, No Free Lunch theorems, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Royal Society, Santa Fe Institute, semantic information, Shannon information, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski, William Macready}

Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

_{Science and Culture
December 10, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, algae, astronaut, Australia, Canada, climate change, Darwin Day in America, evolution, free speech, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Human Zoos, Julie Payette, Peter Ridd, Research, scientists, The New Atlantis}

Which Scientists Get to Have Free Speech?

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 7, 2018

Scientific Freedom

3}

Does the “scientific consensus” mean that only scientists who follow the majority are entitled to have their say? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 2, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Australia, censorship, climate change, evolution, Free Science, free speech, global warming, Granville Sewell, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, Peter Ridd, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Scott Minnich}

Did James Cook University Finally Get “Ridd” of Him? An Interesting Case to Follow

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 2, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Remember Peter Ridd, the scientist who studied the Great Barrier Reef and spoke out against those who said it showed evidence of global warming? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 2, 2018

Categories
Biology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Australia, careerism, climate change, Climate Change: The Facts 2017, free speech, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Günter Bechly, Institute of Public Affairs, James Cook University, paleontology, Peter Ridd, Richard Sternberg, science, Washington Post}

Disallowing Dissent: The Case of Peter Ridd

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 2, 2018

Biology, Scientific Freedom

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This is a familiar type of story to anyone who follows the news about academic freedom, especially on the subject of evolution. Read More ›