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Denyse O'Leary
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July 16, 2020
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Michael Egnor counsels: Live not by lies

Denyse O'Leary
July 16, 2020
Culture, Darwinism
He explains how he got involved with ID. Sure, he tells us, people tried to get him fired and he received death threats. He offers various strategies to fight Cancel Culture, ending with “Censors of all sorts depend on the cooperation of their victims. Don’t cooperate. Don’t participate. Serve only the truth. Live not by lies. ” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 15, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Media
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ID folk know a fair bit about how Cancel Culture works

Denyse O'Leary
July 15, 2020
Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Media
As more and more normal people are Canceled for doing normal things, it will become progressively clearer that the nasties of Cancel Culture are at direct odds with the welfare of any normal enterprise they attach themselves to, whether it is a newspaper or a science. Finally, one must choose between catering to them and tending to the welfare of the enterprise. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 15, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Eugenics: The hidden history of the progressive movement

Denyse O'Leary
July 15, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design, Racism
Cargill: Judging by a representative sample of textbooks, America’s high-school students get little exposure to the history of eugenics and scientific racism. One reason might be that the relationship of these movements to Progressivism is too close for comfort. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 14, 2020
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder asks: Do we need a theory of everything?

Denyse O'Leary
July 14, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Hossenfelder: So this whole idea of a theory of everything is based on an unscientific premise. Some people would like the laws of nature to be pretty in a very specific way... This is simply not a good strategy to develop scientific theories, and no, it is most certainly not standard methodology. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 14, 2020
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Larry Krauss returns as a free speech champion

Denyse O'Leary
July 14, 2020
Academic Freedom, Culture, Intelligent Design
What does it mean, not to feel “safe” sitting across the table at dinner—at a university hall in Toronto—with someone with whom you disagree on a current issue? As noted above, these people are not scholars and they should not be listened to in any forum other than an anxiety recovery group. Read More ›