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Michael Egnor

Date
March 19, 2020

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __cedited, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China, coronavirus, DDT, eugenics, evolution, feces, Holocaust, homelessness, Los Angeles, malaria, Michael Egnor, pandemic, plague, quarantine, San Francisco, Seattle, Steven Novella, supermarket, tuberculosis, Yale University}

Science Expert Slaps the “Anti-Intellectuals,” Again

_{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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I stopped by Joe the truck driver’s house to talk. Joe read Yale neurologist Steven Novella’s essay, and he didn’t think much of it. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, __edited, AIDS, babies, climate change, conception, Darwinists, DDT, eugenics, evolution, fossil fuels, gender, global warming, Jeffrey Epstein, life, malaria, materialism, men, Paul Ehrlich, polar bears, schools, scientists, skeptics, Steven Novella, women, Yale University}

Is Joe Blow “Anti-Intellectual”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 3, 2020

Evolution

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Joe wonders how a scientist could be so wrong and still keep his job. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 20, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, astronomers, intelligent design, intelligent life, science, SETI, Steven Novella, Tabby's Star, Yale University}

Foe of Intelligent Design Makes a Great Case for ID Science

_{Michael Egnor
February 20, 2020

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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Steven Novella is a Yale neurologist who has consistently denied that ID is a valid scientific inference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __edited, atheism, Bill Nye, brain, cosmic fine-tuning, hallucination, illusion, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, reality, science, Science Uprising, self-hatred, social psychology, Steven Novella, Yale University}

What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Scientific Freedom
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, __cedited, censorship, Communism, Darwinism, Expelled (movie), junk DNA, Karl Marx, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Lamarckism, Modern Synthesis, molecular genetics, Russia, Soviet Union, Steven Novella, Trofim Lysenko}

Darwinian Lysenkoism in America

_{Michael Egnor
January 3, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Scientific Freedom

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As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 28, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, Daniel Dennett, Donald Hoffman, evidence, Francis Crick, Hedda Hassel Mørch, John Searle, Max Tegmark, mind, neuroscience, panpsychism, Patricia Churchland, Roger Penrose, science, Sean Carroll, Steven Novella}

Post-Modern Science: The Illusion of Consciousness Sees Through Itself

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 28, 2017

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind

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“It’s quite plausible” is treated as equivalent to evidence, eliding the question of how exactly we come to “consciously believe” anything. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 28, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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, __cedited, angels, demons, multiverse, Paul Dirac, quantum mechanics, Roman Catholic, science, Steven Novella, Thomas Aquinas}

Demons and Multiverses

_{Michael Egnor
August 28, 2017

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Yale clinical neurologist Dr. Steven Novella posted recently about Dr. Richard Gallagher, a psychiatrist trained at Yale who provides psychiatric consultation services to the Catholic Church. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 9, 2017

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, p-value, peer review, Research, statistics, Steven Novella, Titanic, Yale University}

Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic? Controversy Over the P-value Value

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 9, 2017

Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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There is much to agree with in Yale University clinical neurologist Steven Novella’s recent article on the p-value. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 23, 2016

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, epigenetics, evolution, Michael Behe, Research, science, Steven Novella}

Yale’s Steven Novella Argues with Michael Behe — Here’s Why Novella Is Wrong

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 23, 2016

Evolution

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Novella commented on a recent Harvard experiment for visualizing bacterial adaptation to antibiotics. Read More ›