Tag: peer review

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Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Social Sciences
Tagged
, academic publishers, Brian Nosek, Center for Open Science, Christopher J. Ferguson, data transparency, Elsevier, fraud, government, journals, open science movement, peer review, preregistration, promotions, psychology, Real Clear Investigations, researchers, Sage, social science, Springer Nature, Stetson University, Taylor & Francis, tenure, United States, University of Virginia, Wiley}

Improved Social Science? Don’t Laugh, It Could Happen

_{Science & Culture
October 13, 2026

Scientific Reasoning, Social Sciences

2}

The theme is not unfamiliar: neither the falsehood nor the reasons for it are news. But three efforts at reform are worth knowing about. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Historical Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaeology, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, forensic science, historical sciences, information, information theory, informational resources, intelligence, intelligence metrics, intelligent design, My Personal History with Information (series), peer review, PowerPoint, probability, search, SETI, William Dembski}

Recent Work: A Theory of Intelligence Metrics

_{William A. Dembski
October 13, 2026

Historical Sciences, Intelligent Design

2}

"A standardized inferential method has emerged for SETI, archaeology, forensic science, and the historical sciences generally." Read More ›

Cowboy in saddle horseback on ranch for western industry lifestyle concept.

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post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 11, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Being as Communion, biological evolution, Brian Skyrms, Cambridge University Press, cancer, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, design inferences, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, My Personal History with Information (series), new york, No Free Lunch, peer review, Rowman and Littlefield, Terence Moore, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert}

Back in the Saddle: A Second Edition for The Design Inference

_{William A. Dembski
October 11, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The big obstacle for me came from feeling at odds with my publisher, Cambridge University Press. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Brooklyn, Elsevier, fraud, oversight, paper mills, peer review, publish or perish, reviewers, secrecy, taxpayers, Taylor & Francis, UC Berkeley}

What a Declining System Looks Like: Fraud Crisis in Science Grows

_{Science & Culture
November 24, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Reasoning

5}

Profits are artificially maintained by tax dollars so sinking quality does not send the alarm signals it would otherwise. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, creationists, Darwin-skeptics, David Hullender, engineered systems, evolution, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Olen Brown, peer review, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Quillette, Richard Dawkins, Scopes trial, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Missouri, University of Texas at Arlington, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance

_{Casey Luskin
September 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

10}

It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›

A Glimpse into a Scientist's Mind Through Chalk Drawings

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post

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Metascience
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, ambition, American Council for Science and Health, COVID-19, CRISPR, data integrity, dishonesty, honesty, London School of Economics, peer review, perverse incentives, prestige, recognition, replication, science, scientific integrity, scientists, trust, truth, wealth}

Why Scientists Lie

_{Science & Culture
August 15, 2025

Bioethics, Metascience, Scientific Trustworthiness

3}

One thing that will really help the discussion, going forward, is to quit blaming the public for not trusting science. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Metascience
Science Reporting
Tagged
, accuracy, artificial intelligence, data, data science, evidence, Evolution News, fakery, fallibility, file drawer problem, fraud, generative ai, integrity, knowledge, Leipzig, Nature (journal), objectivity, peer review, PLOS ONE, PNAS, politicization, post-trust, predatory journals, pseudoscience, public trust, replicability, scientific reliability, scientists, suppressed evidence, The Conversation, transparency}

How the “Scientific Community” Undermines Its Own Trustworthiness

_{David Coppedge
May 29, 2025

Ethics, Metascience, Science Reporting

10}

The “file drawer problem” leads invariably to biased reporting. It refers to scientists deciding not to report negative results. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, American Astronomical Society, Darwinism, defining id, defining science, defining terms, definist fallacy, Enlightenment, evolution, fear mongering, gravity, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, materialism, Myth of the Dark Ages, naturalism, Nature (journal), peer review, pseudoscience, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
September 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

5}

Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Sanger, Michael Behe, New York Times, peer review, peer-reviewed literature, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument

_{Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, bias, censorship, Galileo Affair, heliocentrism, ideas, information, intelligent design, peer review, power, publications, Research, Roman Catholic, scientific community, scientists, self-censorship, trust, truth}

PNAS Paper: “Scientific Censorship Appears to Be Increasing”

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

10}

The intelligent design community is well aware of the problem. One section in the paper that categorizes types of persecution sounds alarmingly familiar. Read More ›