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George Orwell
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Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink

The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous. Read More ›
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Frankenstein and His Offspring

"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›
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Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in the Cambridge University Library, by LegesRomanorum via Wikimedia Commons.

Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest

Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature. Read More ›
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Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo

“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.” Read More ›
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Why an Evolutionist Disses Evolutionary Psychology

Darwinian fairy tales about prehistoric Neanderthal proclivities and modern psychology are obvious junk science. Read More ›
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Irritated teacher glaring at messy classroom on plain background.
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McLeroy Does it Again

Editor’s Note: This is crossposted at Cornelius Hunter’s blog, Darwin’s God. The much maligned Don McLeroy has a column in today’s Bryan-College Station Eagle. Recall that McLeroy has been accused of a host of nefarious deeds, including recklessly disregarding the advice of education experts, causing the Texas State Board of Education to be “extremely dysfunctional,” fueling endless culture wars, and putting ideology and partisanship ahead of the schoolchildren of Texas. So what does McLeroy have to say for himself? Well he starts right off with the ludicrous idea of teaching only science in science class. I can now see why everyone was so upset. McLeroy writes that there is no place for any ideology, religious or otherwise in science class. Read More ›

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