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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 9, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science

COVID-19 and fading respect for Big Science

Denyse O'Leary
July 9, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
It’s not the uncertainty that is the problem. It’s the demand for belief and obedience to a variety of conflicting claims in the face of such uncertainty. Sooner or later people begin to doubt whatever they hear, even in matters about which there is considerable certainty. And Big Science is bringing that on itself. It isn't the "enemies of science" who are doing it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 9, 2020
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Fine tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Study: Enzymes act very specifically to control double-strand breaks

Denyse O'Leary
July 9, 2020
Fine tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design
At ScienceDaily: "It's like an engine mechanic who has a set of tools at his disposal," Dr. Sung said. "The tool he uses depends on the issue that needs to be repaired. In like fashion, each DNA repair tool in our cells is designed to repair a distinctive type of break in our DNA." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 8, 2020
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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At New Scientist: Reshaping reality via new gravity theory – Rob Sheldon comments

Denyse O'Leary
July 8, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Sheldon: This is another example of the crises we encounter when there is a marriage between fake news and speculative theorizing. It isn’t just epidemiology and global warming, but large swathes of the “hard” sciences are misled by junk data. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 6, 2020
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Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran, Intelligent Design
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Gunter Bechly dismisses the Darwinian explain-away of the Cambrian fossil record

Denyse O'Leary
July 6, 2020
Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran, Intelligent Design
Paleontologist Gunter Bechly looks at the claim that the Cambrian animals evolved from a long train of ancestors who somehow all just disappeared without a trace and finds it, well, unconvincing: Read More ›