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Denyse O'Leary
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May 6, 2021
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National Academy of Sciences attempts to grapple with “misinformation” and “disinformation”

Denyse O'Leary
May 6, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
Well, re COVID-19, a good deal of that disinformation and misinformation was purveyed by authorities, scientific and political. Books have been written about that. It’s going to take a long time to come back from this and authoritarian posturing won’t help. It would just prove the cynics right. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 30, 2021
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Why has Nature started endorsing violent Woke politics?

Denyse O'Leary
April 30, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
First response: Stuff it. Absolutely. Stuff it. Given the way governments goofed big time throughout the pandemic, doubt about vaccines is a reasonable reaction, if not a correct one. A recent poll shows that nearly half of the vaccine doubters are worried about side effects. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 28, 2021
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Genetic Literacy Project tackles Critical Race Theory

Denyse O'Leary
April 28, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Racism
The problem with Whittle’s long, thoughtful, and informative piece is that he seems determined to be reasonable and make sense. In the age of the war on math and the war on science, the Twitter mob is the new sanity and acting out is evidence of Virtue. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 17, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media
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Researchers: Cyanobacteria were an important part of marine ecosystems 1400 million years ago

Denyse O'Leary
April 17, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media
Well then, how did a complex process like photosynthesis get the time to “evolve” by natural selection acting on random mutations (Darwinism)? Researchers (wisely, for now) state such findings without making any obvious inferences. But the number of these situations is building. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 13, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Naturalism
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“Follow the science” is becoming a jibe in the age of COVID panic

Denyse O'Leary
April 13, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Naturalism
At ACSH: Rather shamelessly, the Washington Post has also offered tips to stop yourself from spreading “misinformation.” And the Guardian has even recommended “10 ideas to rebuild our broken internet.” Let's add an eleventh: take your own advice and stop running sloppy stories because they attract eyeballs. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 12, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language, Media
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Darwinism as useless padding for news media prose

Denyse O'Leary
April 12, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language, Media
Bencze: the "evolutionary hack" is ... "the task of safely raising the next generation." That is certainly an odd way of referring to parenting but, by alluding to evolution, the tone of the review rises to a more exalted scientific level thus confirming that reviewer Emily is no mere mommy but sort of a scientist herself. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 21, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media
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At MMN: Columbia professor wants government to regulate news media (Don’t imagine these moves won’t affect ID)

Denyse O'Leary
March 21, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media
Bassett: “[J]ournalists have bizarrely transformed from their traditional role as leading free expression defenders into the most vocal censorship advocates, using their platforms to demand that tech monopolies ban and silence others,” writes award-winning journalist and former attorney Glenn Greenwald. Read More ›