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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 27, 2020
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Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
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Could COVID-19 help us understand the current buzz in science media about space aliens?

News
July 27, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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It’s worth noting that we haven’t established that there are even fossil bacteria on Mars. But we are starting to hear more than ever that there are intelligent aliens out there, most recently from Ars Technica and Scientific American. Fundamentally, we have found nothing since the Sixties that truly suggests extraterrestrial civilizations. Nothing. If they want to keep looking, fine. Nobody’s stopping them. But spare us the dramatics. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 19, 2020
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Academic Freedom
Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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The high costs of scam science

News
July 19, 2020
Academic Freedom, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Wright: What was also not-so-novel about the COVID crisis was its origin in scam or junk science. John Ionnnidis, one of the leading critics of weak scientific work, jumped right in to alert people and policymakers about the many problems with various predictive models but he was largely ignored despite being one of the most highly-cited scientists alive. That is actually not unusual. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 17, 2020
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Academic Freedom
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
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COVID-19 and the need for skeptics in science

News
July 17, 2020
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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St. Onge: For COVID-19, Ferguson predicted 3 million deaths in America unless we basically shut down the economy. Panicked policymakers took his prediction as gospel, dressed as it was in the cloak of science. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 17, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
Philosophy
Science
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At ACSH: Understanding the loss of credibility of expert opinion, post-COVID-19

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July 17, 2020
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
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Berezow: A loss of credibility, therefore, happens for other reasons. In the case of coronavirus, we believe there are five reasons: Incompetence, waffling, moving the goalposts, disregarding unintended consequences, and being political. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 9, 2020
Categories
Culture
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science

COVID-19 and fading respect for Big Science

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July 9, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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It’s not the uncertainty that is the problem. It’s the demand for belief and obedience to a variety of conflicting claims in the face of such uncertainty. Sooner or later people begin to doubt whatever they hear, even in matters about which there is considerable certainty. And Big Science is bringing that on itself. It isn't the "enemies of science" who are doing it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 21, 2020
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Philosophy
Science
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Paul Nelson on methodological naturalism and scientists who don’t believe in it

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June 21, 2020
Philosophy, Science
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Nelson: Now, you may think MN is unnecessary, or even unsound, for the practice of science. (Another time, I hope to discuss the surprising fact that many atheist scientists and philosophers disagree strongly with MN, when MN is proclaimed as an unconditional rule.) The National Academy, however, is not listening to you, nor are federal courts, Read More ›