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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 10, 2022
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Atheism
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At Mind Matters News: Michael Egnor’s challenge to two atheists who deny free will

News
February 10, 2022
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor is challenging evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci to a debate. He thinks there is too much of this no-free-will nonsense in the science blogosphere. Egnor: "Free will has no physical cause? At least four categories of events in nature have no physical cause. Free will denial isn’t science, just atheism in a lab coat." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 10, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
science education
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The Khan Academy markets 1980s Darwinism

News
February 10, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, science education
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From back when all official "evolution" claims were expected to be reverently accepted by everyone. Luskin: “But in the famed series, the horse fossils don’t evolve in a straight line, nor are they found in the same place, nor do they show a continuous direction of change.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 9, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Mind
Philosophy
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At Mind Matters News: The Philosopher’s Zombie Still Walks and Physics Can’t Explain It

News
February 9, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy
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The “zombie” argument does what it is supposed to do: Shows that consciousness, the motivating force in our lives, is not really a material thing. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2022
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Culture
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Politics has invaded the world of human fossil analysis

News
February 9, 2022
Culture, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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At Areo: "Perhaps the most well-known example of the politicization of ancient DNA studies is the long legal battle for control of the remains of Kennewick Man, which were found in Washington State in 1996. Based on skull shape—the best evidence available at the time—scientists initially inferred that his most probable ancestry was European. Local Native American groups sued to have his remains reburied without further analysis under a 1990 US federal law..." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2022
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Canada
Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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Truckers to government: We are not your lab rats any more

News
February 9, 2022
Canada, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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The last word in elite cluelessness belongs to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson: “It’s disturbing when you see the protest turning into what looks like some kind of a fun carnival, where they’ve got bouncy castles and hot tubs and saunas, a complete insult to the people who are putting up with this nonsense for the last seven days, and it shows a great deal of insensitivity,” ... Mr. Watson, kids - who are not at significant risk via COVID - have been in elite progressive COVID-19 jail for years. Soon, other parents are also going to get red-pilled and start liberating their kids from Trust the Science! jail. And trust them to think they have the right to ask some hard questions. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 8, 2022
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Excerpt from Richard Weikart’s new book, Darwinian Racism

News
February 8, 2022
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Weikart: "An 18-year-old white nationalist, Eric Harris, donned a shirt emblazoned with “Natural Selection” before heading off to high school. For weeks he had been preparing a special event in honor of the Führer. Together with a co-conspirator, Dylan Klebold, he planted a bomb in the Columbine High School cafeteria." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 7, 2022
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Canada
Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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The police swoop in Ottawa: The Constitution? Old news now

News
February 7, 2022
Canada, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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“Trust the science!” is starting to show its totalitarian face in Canada — but, as they slowly learn the facts, citizens are standing their ground, From the comments: “Canadians: ‘Be polite when you are being arrested.’ u guys rock!” (Sure, commenter. Canada belongs to the people of Canada. And this is how free people fight back. Serfs, by contrast, destroy things and attack people because they have no stake in a free and prosperous society.) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 7, 2022
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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The cost of silencing science debate: Subjective science

News
February 7, 2022
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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A vaccine research scientist from mainland China discusses the cost of authoritarianism in science. One consequence is that those who seek to provide non-approved but defensible information are vilified and persecuted, to protect the Official Story by which many prosper, though the public as a whole may be harmed. Read More ›
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Date
February 7, 2022
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Defending our Civilization
Ethics
Geo-strategic issues
Intelligent Design
Logic and Reason
rhetoric
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L&FP, 51: The fallacy of the false dilemma

kairosfocus
February 7, 2022
Defending our Civilization, Ethics, Geo-strategic issues, Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, rhetoric
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A classic rhetorical tactic is to pose a dilemma, an argument where the opponent is presented with alternatives, all bad so forcing him or her to either make a bad choice or back away from the position taken. In a variant, one of the choices is presented as a lesser of evils, which is to be taken even reluctantly. It is a powerful rhetorical strategy, and so it is often posed even when it is unwarranted, which is where fallacious dilemma arguments come from. This post is about that fallacious case, and the following infographic will help: Here, we see how policy proposal or argued position P is presented with a dilemma, Q XOR R — two exclusive, allegedly exhaustive Read More ›