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Denyse O'Leary
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October 26, 2021
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At Evolution News and Science Today: Why C. S. Lewis doubted the creative power of natural selection

Denyse O'Leary
October 26, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Natural selection
West: "according to Lewis, Darwin’s theory explains how a species can change over time by losing functional features it already has. Suffice to say, this is not the key thing the modern biological theory of evolution purports to explain." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 24, 2021
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism
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Berkeley scientist and center director resigns over MIT’s deplatforming of exoplanet scientist

Denyse O'Leary
October 24, 2021
Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism
Note how little difference facts of science make in these matters — whether Abbot has anything to say that contributes to our knowledge does not matter of the Woke are displeased. Darwinism was the original Wokeness in science — immune to fact-based critique. The people who thought that that didn’t concern them are now formally wrong. It’s everywhere now. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 23, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Science
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At Evolution News: Three stunners challenge traditional Darwinism

Denyse O'Leary
October 23, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Science
At ENST: Scientists at Flinders University in Australia found that our DNA spreads up to a meter around us without even touching anything. We’re leaving breadcrumbs of genetic code everywhere we go! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 11, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Sabine Hossenfelder tackles pseudoscience — in a realistic way

Denyse O'Leary
October 11, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Hossenfelder: “And some crazy ideas in the end turn out to be correct.” Yes, and it could be worse than that. Given the complexity of life, there should be no surprise if dimwits played by fanatics and grifters - Establishment or otherwise - are fronting poorly supported ideas and trying to stamp out more correct ideas as “pseudoscience” because the poorly supported ideas are convenient, comforting, and profitable. Anyone who doubts that factor either hasn’t been around long or has not been paying attention. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 8, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Tal Bachman on the folly of “Trust science!”

Denyse O'Leary
October 8, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Prediction: As the smarter portion of the population begins to piece together what’s happened in the past few years, “Science!” is going to take a beating in public reputation. That’s too bad. But, under the circumstances, the harm done by continued uncritical belief may be greater than the harm done by disillusionment. Agree or disagree, we will likely find out. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 7, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Robert Shedinger’s recent podcast on Darwinism vs. design

Denyse O'Leary
October 7, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Luther College prof Robert F. Shedinger has two books, Jesus and Jihad: Reclaiming the Prophetic Heart of Christianity and Islam and The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms: Darwinian Biology's Grand Narrative of Triumph and the Subversion of Religion. It appears that, although the intention was to talk about both books, the design controversy stole the show. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Michael Egnor: The atheists’ Divine Hiddenness argument against God’s existence = nonsense

Denyse O'Leary
October 5, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Egnor: The Divine Hiddenness argument is nonsensical because divine hiddenness is inherent in the nature of the Creator and the creature, as noted above. Furthermore, the atheist Divine Hiddenness argument seems to imply a bizarre inference: if the disbelief of even one person in the world disproves the existence of God, then it stands to reason that the belief in God by that person — that one holdout — would prove His existence. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2021
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Vox on why you can’t trust Big Science

Denyse O'Leary
October 5, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
If you “trust” these science honchoes at all after this episode… well, COVID-19 is not as serious a threat as wilful stupidity. But going forward, another question looms: How much of “settled science” that has never been subjected to this type of careful outside scrutiny would likewise collapse? What ELSE don’t we know and what difference would it make in various science arenas? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 30, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Social scientist: It’s naive to see science as apolitical

Denyse O'Leary
September 30, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
Dotson: In a culture dominated by political scientism, citizens and policymakers forget how to listen, debate, and explore possibilities for compromise or concession with one another. Instead, we come to believe that our opponents only need to be informed of the “correct” facts or truths, harshly sanctioned, or simply ignored. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 25, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At The Scientist: “Science must combat dogmatism”

Denyse O'Leary
September 25, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Easier said than done. Sadly, when we are told primly to “trust the science,” it is nearly always the case that the persons demanding the trust means by “the science” whatever science happens to support their position. One thing the COVID pandemic did was make a far greater proportion of the public aware of that meaning of “trust the science” than was the case in the past. For better or worse. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 18, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use of the word “evolution” in the WSJ

Denyse O'Leary
September 18, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Bencze: Did the arterial network sprout long before the giraffe's long neck evolved? Sadly evolution can’t look ahead to provide things that will be useful in the future, so no go. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 8, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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Why it’s okay for Rolling Stone to write false stories about a drug called Ivermectin

Denyse O'Leary
September 8, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
Much that happens in media today is not about what happened. It’s about Hot Hair and Big Lipstick posing as news. Readers, they don't need you. And you don't need them. We all have the internet. Read More ›