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Denyse O'Leary
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July 31, 2021
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Is math real?

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July 31, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy
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Hossenfelder: The physicists who believe in this argue that unobservable universes are real because they are in their math. But just because you have math for something doesn’t mean it’s real. You can just assume it’s real, but this is unnecessary to describe what we observe and therefore unscientific. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 30, 2021
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design

When “following the science” meant joining the Nazis

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July 30, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Klinghoffer: I’m still reeling at the stupidity of whoever at Scientific American decided to give a green light to publishing an article, “Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy,” by Allison Hopper. The absurdity of tarring critics of Darwinism with racism boggles the mind — given how Darwin’s own legacy, down to today’s Alt-Right, is so tied up with racial pseudo-science, viciously denigrating Africans, African-Americans, and others. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 30, 2021
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Academic Freedom
Geology
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Apparently, some people have noticed the nonsense at Nature Communications about geology as not a safe field for persons of color

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July 30, 2021
Academic Freedom, Geology, Intelligent Design, Racism
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About that third comment above: There is no reason to put “scholarship” and “Nature Communications” in the same sentence if this “paper” is supposed to be an example of the type of thing it produces. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 29, 2021
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Academic Freedom
Evolutionary biology
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Bret Weinstein now smeared at Wikipedia?

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July 29, 2021
Academic Freedom, Evolutionary biology, Intelligent Design
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Readers may well remember biology teacher Bret Weinstein and his wife Heather Heying, a progressive teacher couple at Evergreen State College, early victims of the very Woke they had themselves encouraged, without realizing where it must end. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 29, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Have we found the earliest evidence of animal life at 890 million years ago?

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July 29, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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At The Scientist: "Now, in a study published today (July 28) in Nature, Elizabeth Turner, a geologist at Laurentian University in Canada, identified structures in 890-million-year-old fossils of organisms similar to modern bath sponges, potentially pushing back the emergence of the animals to at least that long ago." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 29, 2021
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Michael Egnor: Materialist science is like driving with the parking brake on

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July 29, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Egnor: None of the good philosophy being done today is being done by any materialist. That is that whatever good philosophy is being done, and there is some, is being done by people who at least in part reject materialism. The good part of their philosophy is the part that rejects materialism. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 28, 2021
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Laws

Another reason not to teach Darwinism in the public school system

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July 28, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Laws
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One rather hopes the students’ suit is settled by now and they can get on with their lives. Unfortunately, Benga never really got over his own experience and ended up committing suicide." But we’ve been saying this practically forever: Quit teaching Darwinism in the public school system. There are ways of addressing evolution sensitively that don’t include teaching Darwinism. Maybe insurance companies should quit insuring schools where Darwinism is taught against these specific types of incidents. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 28, 2021
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Science
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Science journalist: Science IS political!

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July 28, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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If it is admitted that “science is political,” Why Trust Science? is a very good question indeed. A bigger question looms: Will frank assertions that science is political, accompanied by a demand for trust, be any good for science? Isn’t this more likely to to be the beginning of a highly politically charged but largely barren period? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 27, 2021
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Science
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Will the Tokyo Olympics be a “super-evolutionary” COVID-19 event?

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July 27, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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That’s the question at Wired. If there is no “super-evolutionary event” as a result of the Tokyo Olympics, is there anything that we can reasonably conclude? Could we conclude, for example, that natural selection is not necessarily the terrifying creative force that some have claimed? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 27, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Multiverse
Philosophy
Science
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Sabine Hossenfelder’s op-ed not published at APS?

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July 27, 2021
Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Philosophy, Science
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This is the kind of thing she said: What about Avi Loeb’s claim that the interstellar object `Oumuamua was alien technology? Loeb has justified his speculation by pointing towards scientists who ponder multiverses and extra dimensions. He seems to think his argument is similar. But Loeb’s argument isn’t degenerative science. It's just bad science. He jumped to conclusions from incomplete data. Read More ›