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How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Read More ›
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Shades of Titanic — Probing the Wreck of the Unsinkable Enlightenment

Science and reason were supposed to transform the world for the good instead of soaking it in gore. Read More ›
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Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›
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In Breath-Holding, Kate Winslet and a Croc Are Champions

Kate Winslet, and other actors, for the sake of “the newest frontier in blockbuster moviemaking” are learning to hold their breath for several minutes. Read More ›
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Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›
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From Matt Ridley, Smart Remarks on Scientocracy — and a Howling Irony

No one in the intelligent design research community could have said this with greater punch. Read More ›
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Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

The only way to truth in science is to permit and even encourage challenges to orthodoxy. Read More ›
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In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›
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Meyer: For the Scientific God Hypothesis, Next Year Will Be Pivotal

Conceding that churches and synagogues aren’t “essential businesses” was a devastating admission for many professional religious leaders to make. Read More ›

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