Tag: misinformation

Old abandoned white wooden chapel on prairie at sunset with clou

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Author
John G. West

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, evolution, intelligent design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan}

How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

_{John G. West
September 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Read More ›

Modern open-plan science laboratory with researchers in white coats working at workstations, bright natural light, 4k, Generative AI.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amateurs, anti-science, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID, debate, Department of Health and Human Services, engineers, freedom of inquiry, government, Gregor Mendel, health-care workers, humankind, Jane Goodall, legislation, misinformation, Nature (journal), patients, registration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific inquiry, scientists, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, transgenderism, vaccine skeptics}

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2026

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, censorship, encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Google, Harvard University, hoax, information, Jimmy Wales, Jordan Boyd, large language models, Larry Sanger, misinformation, Research, search engines, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia}

Sanger Banned by Wikipedia: Diagnosing a Disease

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 16, 2026

Computational Sciences, Scientific Freedom

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Sanger became a Christian, which probably got him crossed off a lot of people’s Santa list. But how did he get banned? Read More ›

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Date
November 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, ancestors, Canada, Cinderella, descendants, evolution, fairy tale, horses, humans, intelligent design, Joe Moysiuk, kids, lineages, misinformation, Neo-Darwinism, parents, videos, whales, Winnipeg}

Will Other Evolutionary Biologists Speak Out About These Misleading Videos?

_{Science & Culture
November 10, 2025

Evolution, Science Education

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So, what does it matter if visually compelling but absolutely rubbishy videos give kids and their parents entirely the wrong perception of evolutionary theory? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Georgetown University, human exceptionalism, human origins, misinformation, museums, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, npr, pre-human ancestors, professionals, Smithsonian Institution, taxpayers, Trump Administration, trust, White House}

Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 13, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, conflict myth, Cornelius Hunter, COVID-19, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwin-skeptics, debate, evolution, Evolution News, faith, Inherit the Wind, lies, lying, masks, Michael Behe, misinformation, Plato's Revenge, propaganda, Richard Sternberg, Rutgers University, science, soldiers, tribal affiliation, tribalism}

Tribalism in the Evolution Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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What is all this about “lying”? Cornelius Hunter provides some context at the end of his video that I thought was insightful. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, anti-science, BioLogos, climate change, Congress, COVID, Darwinian evolution, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Evangelical Christians, evolutionists, Federal Government, fossil fuels, Francis Collins, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, John West, junk science, mice, Michael Behe, misinformation, pandemic, Research, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheists, scientism, skepticism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, taxpayers, Trump Administration, universities, University of Pittsburgh, Washington DC}

Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

_{John G. West
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness

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If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 26, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Canada, cancel culture, conspiracy theory, COVID-19, distrust, misinformation, scientific reliability}

On Science and Other Subjects, the “Experts” Have Blown Up Their Own Credibility

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 26, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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Long time free speech advocate Greg Lukianoff and Angel Eduardo dissect the Cancel Culture that makes distrust a quite reasonable choice. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 12, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, accessibility, activism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Free Science, free speech, government, Great Barrington Declaration, ideology, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, misinformation, National Institutes of Health, Politics, protests, research funding, scientism, scientocracy, Stand Up for Science, Sunetra Gupta, universities}

Stand Up for Science or… for Naked Ideology?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2025

Bioethics, Scientific Freedom

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“Stand Up for Science 2025” protests were clearly aimed at reaffirming control by the now discredited science establishment. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Doubts About Darwin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, history, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, misinformation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), podcast, textbooks, Tom Woodward}

Woodward: The Impact of Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Tom Woodward has been ubiquitous in the unfolding culture war over intelligent design. Read More ›