Tag: propaganda

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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, self-preservation, soldiers, tribal affiliation, tribalism, tribe}

Tribalism in the Evolution Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

4}

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
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Foundations
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, basketball, biologists, body plans, Charles Darwin, evolution, innovation, lizards, natural selection, Nature Ecology & Evolution, nucleolus, propaganda, researchers, rhetorical strategies, Science Daily}

Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting

_{Jonathan Witt
December 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Foundations, Intelligent Design

9}

I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, "Science Says", C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, dialogue, elitism, Eric Metaxas, Francis Collins, free speech, intelligent design, lockdowns, prescience, propaganda, Rainier Club, science fiction, scientism, Seattle, Sigmund Freud, Socrates in the City, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis on the Unique Gullibility of the Elites, and More: John West in Conversation with Eric Metaxas

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

3}

A theme in the interview is the dubious role of elites, who stand out for their readiness to surrender their critical faculties when Science Says to do so. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Psychological Association, brain, censorship, debunking, education, fact-checking, Geneva, John Horgan, lying, materialism, misinformation, Nature (journal), noble lie, propaganda, Richard Dawkins, scientific reliability, scientists, The Conversation, trust, trust in scientists, universe, University of Geneva}

Should Scientists Lie to Us for Our Own Good?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 3, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

5}

People suspect that we are being conned about a lot of things. How would an accepted, admitted policy of conning us not make it worse? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Alfred Wegener, Anthony Fauci, arXiv, CDC, Continental Drift, firefighters, geologists, government, Ignaz Semmelweis, mental health, microbes, mimesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, nurses, Pangaea, philosophers, police, propaganda, René Girard, Vaccines}

Mimetic Behavior in the Scientific Community

_{Ann Gauger
November 18, 2023

Evolution, Medicine

5}

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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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, behavior, Christ, coercion, communication, conformity, education, Facebook, human person, industry, Instagram, Leviticus, media, medicine, military, mimesis, philosophers, power, prestige, propaganda, religion, René Girard, science, scientific community, social media, thin desire, TikTok, Twitter, whistleblowers}

Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

_{Ann Gauger
November 17, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

6}

French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, children, COVID-19, de-transitioners, drugs, gender-affirming care, girls, Great Barrington Declaration, hospitalization, Humanize, ideology, Jay Bhattacharya, medicine, mortality, natural immunity, Norfolk Group, pandemic, podcast, propaganda, suicide, transgenderism, transmission, vaccine, World Professional Association for Transgender Health}

To Restore Faith in Public Health, We Need Truth Commissions

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2023

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

6}

We have seen the erosion of the scientific method through the suppression of dissenting points of view. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ad hominem, Casey Luskin, Dave Farina, evolution, honor, intelligent design, Internet, misinformation, Professor Dave, propaganda, Stephen Meyer, trolls, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

Postscript: “Professor Dave” and His Attack on Me

_{Günter Bechly
December 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

While it was an affair of honor to defend others, I personally do not consider Farina to be a worthy opponent. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Cameron English, climate change, COVID-19, Drosophila, Jerry Coyne, Nature (journal), New York Times, Politics, propaganda, Science, UC Davis, Why Evolution Is True}

Here’s What Happens When Science Goes Woke

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 16, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

When fashion mags go woke, no one cares. Some girls want to wear rags on their heads, well… But science mags? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Technology
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, artists, Baylor University, computers, creativity, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, humanity, Jay Richards, john lennox, kitsch, materialism, media, propaganda, Robert J. Marks II, Science Uprising, Selmer Bringsjord, Stephen Hawking, totalitarianism, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

New from Science Uprising — Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and the Human Difference

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Technology

3}

Creativity, not mere copying or following commands, entails thinking “outside the box.” That’s how it can surprise us with genuine novelty. Read More ›