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Just Got Back from the Summer Seminars

As always, this selective program was entirely cost free to participants, thanks to our generous supporters. Read More ›
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Stand Up for Science or… for Naked Ideology?

“Stand Up for Science 2025” protests were clearly aimed at reaffirming control by the now discredited science establishment. Read More ›
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The CSC Summer Seminars: Once in a Lifetime, All Expenses Paid

Listening to scholars from various disciplines, and surrounded by the breathtaking scenery, I was awestruck by the truth and beauty of intelligent design.  Read More ›
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John West: C. S. Lewis and the Prophet in the White Lab Coat Who Declares, “Thus Saith the SCIENCE”

Science needs its critics as much as any field of human endeavor does. Maybe even more so today. Read More ›
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Slaying Leviathan Conference: John West on C. S. Lewis, Scientocracy, and More

On Saturday in Tacoma, he will also discuss what we can learn about the relationship between faith and politics from American history in the 1800s. Read More ›
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John West: COVID Vaccine Misinformation from Francis Collins

I’ve been shocked by how otherwise thoughtful people assume that physicians and other experts like Collins, those with the loudest media voices, are reliable. Read More ›
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The Terrible Bargain: Prophetic Words from C. S. Lewis on Scientocracy

If there is one thing I could get people to read to understand our situation, it would be the essay “Willing Slaves of the Welfare State” by C. S. Lewis. Read More ›
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Watch: How C. S. Lewis Predicted the Rise of “Scientocracy”

“I dread government in the name of science,” C. S. Lewis wrote in 1958. “That is how tyrannies come in.” Read More ›
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From Matt Ridley, Smart Remarks on Scientocracy — and a Howling Irony

No one in the intelligent design research community could have said this with greater punch. Read More ›
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“In Fauci We Trust”? C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientific Authoritarianism

Who would have predicted all that Americans have experienced in the past five months? Read More ›

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