Tag: trust

Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, astrophysicists, Big Think, challenges, commoners, coronavirus, COVID-19, diary, Ethan Siegel, Great Barrington Declaration, lab origin, mRNA shots, myths, pandemic, public opinion, Scott Gottlieb, trust, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, White House, Wuhan}

Want the Public to Trust Science Again? In Four Lessons, Here’s How NOT to Do It

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Ethan Siegel’s approach to public discussion of science is common enough: the exalted scientist reaches down to the ignorant masses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, boogeyman, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, democracy, disciplines, Elay Shech, evidence, experts, Follow the Experts, Housing First, ID the Future, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Choe, lockdowns, New York Times, philosophy of science, pseudoscience, reasoning, reliability, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific method, Seattle, Signature in the Cell, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, trust}

Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Medical Association, Arthur Caplan, Eric Weinstein, John Horgan, Lawrence Krauss, mastectomies, media, mental illness, New York University, News, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Robert Sapolsky, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, science communicators, Sean Carroll, The Daily Wire, The End of Science, transgenderism, trust}

Science Struggles with Reality as Crises Rock Disciplines

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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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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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Big Bang, Eric Weinstein, ethics, government, groupthink, Johns Hopkins University, physicists, physics, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, predictions, quantum gravity, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, theoretical physicists, trust}

Exposed: The Flakiness and Groupthink that Plague Physics

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 26, 2025

Physics, Scientific Reasoning

7}

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 ›

A Glimpse into a Scientist's Mind Through Chalk Drawings

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Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Metascience
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, ambition, American Council for Science and Health, COVID-19, CRISPR, data integrity, dishonesty, honesty, London School of Economics, peer review, perverse incentives, prestige, recognition, replication, science, scientific integrity, scientists, trust, truth, wealth}

Why Scientists Lie

_{Science & Culture
August 15, 2025

Bioethics, Metascience, Scientific Trustworthiness

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One thing that will really help the discussion, going forward, is to quit blaming the public for not trusting science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Georgetown University, human exceptionalism, human origins, misinformation, museums, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, npr, pre-human ancestors, professionals, Smithsonian Institution, taxpayers, Trump Administration, trust, White House}

Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 13, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›

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Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, citations, government, misconduct, Moore’s law, Northwestern University, PNAS, publications, science, science fraud, scientific literature, scientific process, standards, technology, trust}

Fraudulent Science Networks Outpace Legitimate Science

_{Science & Culture
August 6, 2025

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Before the public loses confidence in the scientific process"? Hasn't that train already left the station? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethicists, brain, brain death, cardiac arrest, circulation, comatose, consciousness, equality, health care, heart, human life, intention, medicine, memory, New York Times, organ donors, organ-harvesting, organs, patients, trust}

Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

4}

Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Council for Science and Health, Cameron English, Colin Wright, Darwinian scientists, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, gender-affirming care, ideology, Kamala Harris, Politics, President, public health, science, Scientific American, trust, United States, voting, Wesley Smith}

By Endorsing Political Candidates, Science Mag “Inflames Disdain for Science,” Says Science Writer

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2024

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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He added, however, “The upside is that it could incentivize needed reforms in our ideologically slanted academic and public health institutions.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, bias, censorship, Galileo Affair, heliocentrism, ideas, information, intelligent design, peer review, power, publications, Research, Roman Catholic, scientific community, scientists, self-censorship, trust, truth}

PNAS Paper: “Scientific Censorship Appears to Be Increasing”

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The intelligent design community is well aware of the problem. One section in the paper that categorizes types of persecution sounds alarmingly familiar. Read More ›