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Denyse O'Leary
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October 20, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Naturalism
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One of those rare instances where science is self-correcting … Ioannidis is vindicated

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October 20, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Peer review
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Hey, that's good news. But what about all the people whose lives were turned upside down by the herd of stampeding buffalo otherwise known as our moral and intellectual superiors? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 19, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Science writer mourns the slow suicide of science

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October 19, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Alex Berezow: "Political partisanship. There was a time when scientists knew better than to deal in politics. That time is now gone. Openly cheering for one side of the political spectrum over the other, scientists and science media outlets are gambling with their reputation." Well, from an international perspective, here’s the obvious problem: If the US Prez is THAT important, science ain’t what it used to be. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 18, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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A humanities scholar gets a clue about what Darwinism IS

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October 18, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Amazing! Hey, here, we were all waiting for Freestone to try out the CLUNK!! on us: “If you believe in God, well, rejoice! God can use Darwinism too!” Luckily, we didn’t hear it. We are sick of certifying idiots. For one thing, we've run out of certificates. And anyhow, Freestone doesn’t sound like an idiot. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 18, 2020
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Religion, science, … and the religion of science facing COVID-19

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October 18, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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In fact, during the COVID crisis, a great deal of the blather for science made no sense at all, a fact that is becoming more and more evident. People won't immediately give up believing in science as a result. Rather, they will begin to treat it as the superstition of the social elite. It doesn’t make sense and doesn’t need to. It is wisely got around wherever possible.That's not what science used to be but that;s what many policy decisions have made it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 15, 2020
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And now… New Scientist tells us herd immunity is “bad science”… Rob Sheldon responds

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October 15, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Rob Sheldon: We have the data to improve our models and the much-attacked Greater Barrington declaration suggests that we should, since the DATA from Sweden show that lockdowns are neither necessary nor even helpful. But this author suggests that the models are perfect, and therefore the data must be rejected in the name of science, of course. He is displaying, even in his own scientific subfield, the same TRUST in science, that we disparaged in Nature. The disease of deification begun by Darwin is far more pervasive than anyone wants to admit. You might say that herd immunity hasn't yet been reached. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 14, 2020
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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Now Nature endorses Joe Biden for US Prez—and doesn’t seem to realize what it is doing to itself

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October 14, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Nature was founded in 1869. Between then and now, many U.S. Prezzes have come and gone. The puzzling part is why Nature (and stablemate Scientific American) would throw themselves into the fray like this, as if they had no reputation or credibility, apart from politics, to defend. If it’s all really about politics, fine. Many suspected that but no one could prove it. Now, any statement made on behalf of “science” will be wisely read as on behalf of “politics.” That will harm genuinely urgent causes the most. When there’s no daylight between “Stop plastic in the oceans!” and “Vote for Schmeezer!”, most people will make up their own mind about plastic in the oceans/Schmeezer. The authority of science becomes indistinguishable from Schmeezer's media outreach. Well, at least they brought it on themselves. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 8, 2020
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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Rob Sheldon responds to Nature’s decision to go political: Are they really scientists or just political hacks?

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October 8, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Sheldon: My best explanation is that the editors of Nature, SciAm, NEJM are themselves not research scientists, but political hacks—hired under the supposition that good relations with government funders required not science but PR. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 6, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Science
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The journal Nature defends its right to cover politics

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October 6, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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No one says Nature can’t be active in politics and publish screeds of this type. What its staff can’t do—because nobody can—is be both a participant and a referee. They’ve chosen to be participants, fine. Then, “Listen to science” has as much clout as “Listen to the union boss” and “Listen to the corporate head office.” Which is to say, the next time they bellyache that people don’t listen to science, all one can respond is, “Take a number and wait. Meanwhile, suck it up.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Science
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At The Scientist: “… who will believe us again?”

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October 5, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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One gets the feeling that many science boffins don't "get" what is happening. It won't be easy to make "Trust the science" mean what it used to. On the ground, it now means something between "Sign on to this superstition rather than that one." and "Do what you're told or else!" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Media
speciation
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The Economist: Hybrids have “upturned” evolutionary theory

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October 5, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media, speciation
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At The Economist: "These findings muddy Darwin’s concept of speciation as a slow and gradual process. Biologists now know that in the right circumstances, and with the help of hybridisation, new species can emerge and consolidate themselves in a mere handful of generations. That is an important amendment to evolutionary theory. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2020
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Naturalism
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Mathematical Association of America gone Woke: Math is created by humans

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October 4, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
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Math is not, of course, created by humans but only recognized by humans—a critical distinction. 2 + 2 = 4, even if the Woke burn down research labs under the banner of “2 + 2 = 5!” The biggest losers will, of course, be those with the fewest private resources when public ones are destroyed. Read More ›