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Denyse O'Leary
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June 17, 2021
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Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Science
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Asked at Quillette: Why Is the Society for American Archaeology Promoting Indigenous Creationism?

Denyse O'Leary
June 17, 2021
Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Science
What to think? Well, Darwinism was the original Cancel Culture, as many reading this will know. For many decades, it was difficult or impossible to critique it from any perspective, no matter what the evidence. If social power alone wins, why not Indigenous creationism? Weiss and Springer will be lucky to come out of this with their careers intact. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 13, 2021
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Why trust in “science” is becoming unwise

Denyse O'Leary
June 13, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
In case you wondered: "China is also spending lavishly around the world to win supremacy in science — which includes becoming the biggest national sponsor of open access journals published by both Springer Nature and Elsevier, owner of The Lancet." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 9, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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What will the long-term effect be of science journals playing useful idiots around COVID-19?

Denyse O'Leary
June 9, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
Some of us have been reflecting on the effect of the COVID-19 panic on the public estimation of science. Here’s an article on the "useful idiot" problem among science journals. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 7, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design, science education
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At the Epoch Times: A mom tries understanding “evolution” schoolhouse lessons

Denyse O'Leary
June 7, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design, science education
If no one has ever been able to demonstrate in real life that an alarm clock assembles itself all by itself, why should I believe that a life form does? Why should that be taught in school? Can’’t we just say that we don’t know? It’s really a matter of belief. Or not, as the case may be. No one should be persecuted for doubt in such a case. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 29, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Epigenetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At The Scientist: Trofim Lysenko and “stamping out science” Yes… yesterday. Sure. But what about today?

Denyse O'Leary
May 29, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Epigenetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
From this distance, to whatever extent Lysenko thought epigenetics was a feature of life forms, he was right. To whatever extent Darwinians opposed the idea, they were wrong. The rest is totalitarianism, whether of Lysenkoists or Darwinists. To get some idea how that sort of thing plays out today, consider the current COVID-19 debacle: The lab leak theory has always been a reasonable idea, not a conspiracy theory. Yet it was treated as a conspiracy theory for purely political reasons… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 28, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science
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At Mind Matters News: More on the COVID-19 lab leak theory

Denyse O'Leary
May 28, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science
It’s off topic for ID as such. But it is important for helping people work through a general principle that concerns all issues that pertain to science: “Trust the science” is not a good approach when the science is so clearly not bound by any standards of grappling with the facts. (Darwinism anyone?) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 27, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science
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Big Science: Questioning the lab leak theory of COVID-19 is “divisive”

Denyse O'Leary
May 27, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science
Oh sure. Reality check: Millions of people have died in this debacle. That’s nothing new for the Chinese Communist Party. But it’s a bit of a kick in the head for the rest of us. If distinguishing between truth and lies is “divisive,” so be it. The Nature article is a shameful display. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 26, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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How Big Tech manufactured a science “consensus” against a lab leak of COVID-19

Denyse O'Leary
May 26, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
It’s one thing to trust Darwinblither, just to take an example, when nothing immediate is at stake. But if we agree that COVID-19 is a problem, let’s evaluate more carefully what we have been told on the Authority of Science. And take in the fact that Big Tech backed up the Authority of Science when it was obviously way off base. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 25, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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The COVID-19 saga is getting people talking about bogus scientific consensus

Denyse O'Leary
May 25, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
For some months there has been a bogus consensus that the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan was a crackpot conspiracy theory. Then the dam broke. People may understand the concept better now. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 22, 2021
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Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Barack Obama implies, maybe, keep the space alien thing going…

Denyse O'Leary
May 22, 2021
Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Say what you want, the aliens are good for the cultural fluff news business, whether they exist or not. Better, on the whole, if they don't. Just like if you own an inn and you can somehow get a reputation for it that it is haunted, you'll get lots of free publicity (= advertising). Read More ›