Tag: status signaling

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 10, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, coherence theory of truth, consensus, consensus theory of truth, consequences, correspondence view of truth, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, intelligent design, J. Budziszewski, Napoleon, Pandemic of Lunacy, poached eggs, pragmatism, pragmatist philosophers, reality, schizophrenics, scientific controversy, snow, status signaling, truth, white}

What’s So Hard About Scientific Controversy? Addressing Bad Theories of Truth

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 10, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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The consensus theory says that truth is whatever we all agree about. Needless to say, that fits right into what we were saying about status signaling. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 7, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, Bible, biology, chemists, Darwinism, intelligent design, J. Budziszewski, jobs, materialistic paradigm, meaning, media, morality, natural law theory, Pandemic of Lunacy, peer pressure, Phillip Johnson, promotion, snake handlers, social status, status signaling, University of Texas at Austin, yahoos}

Status Signaling in the Herd: Why Otherwise Good Scientists Sneer at Intelligent Design

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 7, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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"Here is Johnson, giving a very studious argument for ID, and the other fellow thinks it’s sufficient to say, 'I know it's wrong because my friend told me.'" 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 ›