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For Criticizing Her Field, Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled by Her Institution

Her parting words: “A lot of research [in] the foundations of physics is now pseudocience. It hasn't followed the scientific method for decades.” Read More ›
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“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›
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Science Struggles with Reality as Crises Rock Disciplines

There seems to be little relationship between many science writers’ current concerns and the reasons that public trust in science has been steadily declining. Read More ›
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Exposed: The Flakiness and Groupthink that Plague Physics

This episode is worth keeping in mind when we hear pundits complain that the public doesn’t trust science or that government doesn’t support it enough. Read More ›
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Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›
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Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End

Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect. Read More ›
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Happy New Year! No. 1 Story of 2023: Joe Rogan and Stephen Meyer Talk Science and Faith

For more than three hours, Rogan asked questions about the scientific argument for the reality of God, as well as Meyer’s reasons for believing the Bible. Read More ›
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Joe Rogan and Stephen Meyer Talk Science and Faith in New Interview

For more than three hours, Rogan asked questions about the scientific argument for the reality of God, as well as Meyer's reasons for believing the Bible. Read More ›
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Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›
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How Much Can Evolution Really Accomplish?

Unsatisfied with circular evolutionary arguments and lazy reasoning, Michael Behe decided to pose his question to the real-world data. Read More ›

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