StGeorgeJacksonMivart Type post Author James Barham Date September 30, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , Charles Darwin, Church of England, Darwin’s bulldog, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionism, excommunication, faith and science, General Morphology of Organisms, Generelle Morphologie der Organismen, historical figures, history, James Barham, King’s College, Lincoln’s Inn, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, social elite, St. George Jackson Mivart, Thomas Henry Huxley, Wikipedia, William Dembski St. George Jackson Mivart: A Historical Snapshot James Barham September 30, 2025 Evolution, Faith & Science 7 In the end, Darwin, Huxley, and their friends collectively decided to “cut him dead,” meaning to ostracize him socially. Read More ›
Pill_1 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date April 9, 2025 CategoriesMedicinePsychologyScientific Freedom Tagged , Caitjan Gainty, China, culture, depression, diagnosis, dissidents, electroconvulsive therapy, King’s College, mental illness, overdiagnosis, overmedicalization, political oppression, psychiatry, Radio Free Asia, RealClearScience, Russia, schizophrenia, Soviet psychiatrists, Wang Wanxing Dissent Becomes a Mental Illness Denyse O’Leary April 9, 2025 Medicine, Psychology, Scientific Freedom 6 A healthcare historian looks at the history of the use of psychiatry to crush alternative viewpoints. Read More ›
The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corrêa,_original_graphic_15 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date September 11, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsPhysical Sciences Tagged , aliens, Bill Clinton, culture, Donald Trump, extraterrestrials, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, jokes, King’s College, Pentagon, science, science fiction, UFO sightings, UFOlogy, unidentified anomalous phenomena, United Kingdom, United States, universe Is Belief in Aliens a Problem for Science? Denyse O’Leary September 11, 2024 Bioethics, Physical Sciences 5 King’s College philosophy prof Tony Milligan worries that too many people believe that aliens have visited Earth. Read More ›
brain Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 1, 2023 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, consciousness spot, David Chalmers, David Papineau, dualism, human nature, information theory, Integrated information theory, Kenneth Miller, King’s College, laboratories, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, New York University, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Tel Aviv University, The Human Instinct The Philosopher Wins: There’s No Consciousness Spot in the Brain Denyse O’Leary July 1, 2023 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 6 After a 25-year search, dualist philosopher David Chalmers won the bet with neuroscientist Christof Koch. Read More ›