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Should Scientists Lie to Us for Our Own Good?

People suspect that we are being conned about a lot of things. How would an accepted, admitted policy of conning us not make it worse? Read More ›
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Photo: March for Science, 2017, Brisbane, by interestedbystandr, via Flickr.

As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist

The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer's remarkable screed. Read More ›
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Shift from “Evidence-Based” to “Science-Based” Medicine Would Stifle Debate

Trust must be earned, not imposed. Information gatekeepers can be wrong. The danger of censorship in the name of “science” is growing. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Repair Trust in Science? In Science Magazine, Forrest Mims Replies

Charles Darwin is an example of a brilliant scientist who was nonetheless an imperfect human with some false ideas. Read More ›
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#9 Story of 2020: An Antidote to Despair

I am a biologist, a worker in a field with a sorrowful history of categorizing human beings by race. Read More ›
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Photo: Bill Nye and the March for Science, by Paul and Cathy / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

When “Science” Becomes a Cult

The problem comes when, in order to win our acceptance, double-talk is used to pretend that a cult is something other than what it is. Read More ›
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COSM Conference: A Bonfire for Tech Vanities

Peter Thiel assailed the “Atheist Church,” as he calls the universities, calling for outsiders to push for a reformation that the academic priesthood will never undertake on its own. Read More ›

The Culture of Death Is Like the Universe

Once set in motion, it never stops expanding. Thus we now see the push in the Netherlands to euthanize children. Read More ›

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