Tag: public opinion

Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, astrophysicists, Big Think, challenges, commoners, coronavirus, COVID-19, diary, Ethan Siegel, Great Barrington Declaration, lab origin, mRNA shots, myths, pandemic, public opinion, Scott Gottlieb, trust, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, White House, Wuhan}

Want the Public to Trust Science Again? In Four Lessons, Here’s How NOT to Do It

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

Ethan Siegel’s approach to public discussion of science is common enough: the exalted scientist reaches down to the ignorant masses. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
March 24, 2026

Categories
Political Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alexis de Tocqueville, anarchists, authority, birds, capitalists, Christianity, Christians, conformism, Congress, Dorothy Sayers, England, ethics, evil, faith and reason, food, good, intellectual authority, J. Budziszewski, Jews, Karl Marx, laboratory animals, libertarians, murmurations, mysteries, nonbelievers, Pandemic of Lunacy, Politics, pro-choice, public opinion, right, sanity, socialists, souls, status, status signaling, virtue signaling, wokeness, wrong}

The Flocking of Crowds: The Secular University and Unstable Mass Conformism

_{Terrell Clemmons
March 24, 2026

Political Science, Scientific Reasoning

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A bird sees another bird next to him fluttering, and he wants to flutter that way, too. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Reporting
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, deception, deep learning, democracy, historical figures, hype, images, Neural Networks, post-trust, public opinion, robot, robotics, security, skepticism, trade-offs, trust, video}

Deep Fakes and Propaganda for Artificial General Intelligence

_{William A. Dembski
February 9, 2024

Computational Sciences, Science Reporting

6}

The video shows a supposed table tennis match between a robot and a top human player. Yet the video is not of an actual match. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, biotechnology, Brave New World, dystopia, egg cells, embryos, experimentation, illness, lifestyle, medical professionals, medicine, public opinion, stem cells, The Guardian, United Kingdom}

“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 30, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

3}

Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 8, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, cognitive dissonance, evolution, Fred Hoyle, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), intelligent design, materialists, On the Origin of Species, public opinion, Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker}

Darwin’s Many Doubts

_{Neil Thomas
November 8, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

5}

Did the admirably candid Charles Darwin himself really believe all that he wrote about evolution? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
August 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, descent with modification, equivocation, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Evolution News, human beings, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), public opinion, survey, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, unguided processes, United States}

Equivocation as a Tactic in the Evolution Debate

_{Jonathan Wells
August 27, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

2}

How many Americans accept Darwin's belief that human beings are the result of an unguided, purposeless process? This survey doesn't come close to telling us. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, machines, molecular machines, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, assisted suicide, autonomy, popular media, public opinion, terminal illness}

ALS Suicide Party

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 13, 2016

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine

1}

The normalization of suicide by the media continues. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, argument from authority, design intuition, feelings, logical fallacies, persuasion, public opinion, scientific debate, skepticism, tribalism, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book)}

Scientists Aren’t Exempt from Feelings, Any More Than the Public Is

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2016

Scientific Reasoning

6}

And no, that's not entirely a bad thing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __tedited, censorship, controversy, dissent, Laurence Moran, Neo-Darwinism, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, paradigm shift, polls, public opinion, Royal Society, science journalism, viewpoint discrimination}

Scientists Versus the Public on Airing Scientific Dissent

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2016

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

5}

A biologist suggests that the upcoming Royal Society meeting might well be canceled rather than open a "can of worms." Read More ›