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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

Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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 28, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Laws

Another reason not to teach Darwinism in the public school system

Denyse O'Leary
July 28, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Laws
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 25, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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John West tries once again to get YouTube to accept a documentary about scientific racism

Denyse O'Leary
July 25, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
West: My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and it also only tells a part of the story of the influence of Social Darwinism on Western imperialism, which certainly extended to other nations besides Germany. Yet I hope my revised film will add something to the current conversation. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 18, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: Claim — “Evolution” explains near-death experiences

Denyse O'Leary
July 18, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Some researchers believe that near-death experiences are a biological mechanism like the fight-or-flight response, a means of pretending death to avoid a predator. They call it thanatopsis: … Two problems arise from this analysis. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 17, 2021
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism
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Is a Darwinian evolutionary biologist waking up to the world in which he is living?

Denyse O'Leary
July 17, 2021
Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism
Jerry Coyne: "It would be the ruination of American society, turning into an Orwellian nightmare." Fact is, Darwin's people imposed this on the rest of us for a long time. It's good if they are beginning to see, however dimly, the problem. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 16, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, rhetoric
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But the war IS actually on logic … and that’s the point

Denyse O'Leary
July 16, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, rhetoric
John West: "Reading the rest of her article I realized she simply didn’t know how to frame a proper comparison. She actually was attempting to malign those who support intelligent design, not those who tried to create panic over it. Apparently neither she nor her editor is particularly good with logic." But that’s the point. The whole enterprise is a war on logic. It's like the war on math and the war on science. And there is a sophisticated public for that now. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 15, 2021
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Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Natural selection
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At Oscillations: Michael Ruse’s attempted takedown of evolutionary biologist Richard Lewontin (but read the story!)

Denyse O'Leary
July 15, 2021
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Natural selection
Ruse appears to have been a relentless enforcer of Darwinian orthodoxy behind the scenes, including a blistering attack on philosopher Jerry Fodor, who questioned it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 14, 2021
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Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Historian Richard Weikart on acceptance of Darwinian evolution and racism …

Denyse O'Leary
July 14, 2021
Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Richard Weikart: I have done a good deal of research on this topic, and as it turns out, the vast majority of white supremacists today embrace Darwinian evolution and use it as evidence for their white supremacy. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 13, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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At Evolution News and Science Today: The casual racism of Charles Darwin

Denyse O'Leary
July 13, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Shedinger calls Allison Hopper’s piece in Scientific American, “startlingly vacuous,” which raises — once again — the question of why on earth the mag published it. It’s not as if there is no scholarship on the topic of Darwin and racism. Did the editors not want to address that scholarship? Well, we can’t read minds but we can make some reasonable guesses. How about: Create a big uproar and hope everyone will focus on that and not on the topic at hand? Shedinger also notes perceptively, “One does not become racist because of the view one holds on human origins. One becomes racist for other complex reasons and then reads that racism back into whatever view on human origins you hold.” Read More ›
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Joshua Gidney
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July 12, 2021
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Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Food for thought, General interest, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Philosophy, Politics, Popular culture, Science, science education, Society, Video, worldview
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Video Presentation: Why the Debate Over Intelligent Design Really Matters

Joshua Gidney
July 12, 2021
Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Food for thought, General interest, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Philosophy, Politics, Popular culture, Science, science education, Society, Video, worldview

I have recently posted a new video presentation on my YouTube channel. In the video I talk about some of the reasons why I think the debate over Intelligent Design and biological origins is of great significance. Aside from just being a fascinating area, it has many implications in several areas of life. This video, while far from perfect, is a big step up from my last few videos. I’ve done a fair amount of editing on this one, and took time to make it a little more professional, with music, slides, and photos. I hope you enjoy it, and it gets you thinking a little about why this topic is of importance to you also. Why the Question of Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
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July 11, 2021
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Creationism, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Darwinian biologist Jerry Coyne speaks out on a SciAm op-ed’s claims that denial of evolution stems from white supremacy

Denyse O'Leary
July 11, 2021
Creationism, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
It seems obvious, on reflection, that Hopper’s piece is a disastrously clumsy effort on the part of Scientific American to get Woke. Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne thinks the mag is not just circling the drain but “approaching the drainhole.” To the extent that the editors couldn’t find someone who at least gets basic facts right, he has a point. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 10, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Science historian Michael Flannery offers resources on Darwin and racism

Denyse O'Leary
July 10, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
It may be helpful to keep in mind that opposition to slavery was not a radical position for a British gentleman like Darwin. Britain’s economy did not depend on slavery and most of the injustices of the Industrial Revolution were done to people who were not technically slaves. The issues around exploitation in his own environment were fought out on different grounds. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 5, 2021
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Darwinism, Naturalism
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Richard Lewontin (1929 – 2021)

Denyse O'Leary
July 5, 2021
Darwinism, Naturalism
Lewontin: It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Read More ›