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Denyse O'Leary
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December 31, 2021
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Will science media’s slow descent into the Woke crazy empower competition?

Denyse O'Leary
December 31, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Science
In a still-free society, Wokeness will create a space for a new popular science magazine. Lots of Woke-weary folk who value evidence over ideology would likely support it. That magazine should allow evidence-based criticism of Darwinian theory — which is treated with considerable skepticism anyway once you get outside the venue of the people who blew up SciAm with their Wokeness. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 21, 2021
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Philosophy, Science
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Does a culture reach a point where a rebirth of science is not even possible?

Denyse O'Leary
December 21, 2021
Philosophy, Science
Anyone who lives in an aging society will be aware of this problem: Old ladies demanding endless lockdowns and crackdowns to fight COVID-19 who don’t even know what viruses are. Or care. But they don’t need to know — or care — because viruses are “science.” Once science replaced religion in some people’s lives, science became a superstition. And it shows. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 18, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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Owen Strachan offers some thoughts on Craig’s book on the historical Adam

Denyse O'Leary
December 18, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
Strachan: Every time the “figure of Adam” is “deployed” by NT authors, they are referring to the historical Adam. If you use this admittedly simple reading key, you will save yourself a great deal of confusion and the real possibility of one day investing in one of those “Faith Deconstruction Seminars” that former evangelical personalities now offer for the low, low price of $299. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 18, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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Mixing science with politics is like mixing mustard and ice cream

Denyse O'Leary
December 18, 2021
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
So far so good, Marcelo Gleiser, until we got to the part about “often giving equal weight to the opinion of the vast majority of scientists and to the opinion of a small contrarian group,” … There’s actually nothing unusual about the “small contrarian group” being right. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 17, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Science is no more a “road to truth” than is art or religion

Denyse O'Leary
December 17, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
... virtually all modern philosophers and sociologists of science do not speak of science in this way. And we would know. Two of us have a combined 63 years of studying and teaching the philosophy of science. And we can assure you that the gap between the consensus among those who have carefully studied the logic and methods of scientific research and this more popular view of science could not be more cavernous... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 7, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: Nautilus offers a primer on panpsychism

Denyse O'Leary
December 7, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy, Science
"What’s really interesting about [Massimo Pigliucci’s anti-panpsychism] comments is that even a decade or so ago, his was an utterly conventional view. Now he feels he must qualify it by saying “But that’s just one perspective and one way to look at it.” It seems that fewer researchers today expect the “Hard Problem of Consciousness” to suddenly yield to a new research finding — a situation that leaves many looking with interest and sympathy at a non-naturalist approach like panpsychism." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 7, 2021
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Climate change, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Proving that they are genuine “sceptics,” British group takes on the pieties of climate change

Denyse O'Leary
December 7, 2021
Climate change, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
With a motto to live up to like “Question Everything. Stay Sane. Live Free,” they must sometimes tackle the Establishment’s fondest commitments. And the nonsense they skewer is practically surreal. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 6, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media, Peer review, Science
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Retraction Watch co-founder on the lab leak theory re COVID

Denyse O'Leary
December 6, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Peer review, Science
Ivan Oransky: Many in the media, as well as some scientists, quickly labeled it a conspiracy theory, designed to shift focus away from the missteps of their own countries. But, like everyone else involved in the discussions about the lab leak theory, scientists have something at stake: If SARS-CoV-2 did escape from a lab, it could further shake trust in research, and threaten funding… Read More ›