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Denyse O'Leary
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July 13, 2021
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At Evolution News and Science Today: The casual racism of Charles Darwin

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July 13, 2021
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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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Denyse O'Leary
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July 13, 2021
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At PJ Media: A response to religious claims made in Scientific American’s “denial of evolution is white supremacy” piece

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July 13, 2021
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Bolyard: “I’m not here to debate the hows and whys of creationism. I’ll point you to Answers in Genesis for that. But I want to point out a couple of shameless strawmen in Hopper’s piece that discredit everything else she writes in this piece.” Of course. Hopper was almost certainly making it up as she went along, trusting that few readers had read or spent much time on the relevant literature. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 12, 2021
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Science
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Asked at Reason Magazine: How much science research is fraudulent?

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July 12, 2021
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Bailey: The possibility that fraud may well be responsible for a significant proportion of the false positives reported in the scientific literature is suggested by a couple of new Dutch studies. Both studies are preprints that report the results of surveys of thousands of scientists in the Netherlands aiming to probe the prevalence of questionable research practices and scientific misconduct. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 12, 2021
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Why does it matter how many atoms there are in the observable universe?

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July 12, 2021
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If this figure of 10^82 is reasonable, we could ask questions like the likelihood of throwing a billion heads in a row in coin tosses. If that’s out of range, what about the likelihood of similar feats created by natural selection acting on random mutation (Darwinism)? Read More ›
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Joshua Gidney
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July 12, 2021
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Biology
Darwinism
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
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Video Presentation: Why the Debate Over Intelligent Design Really Matters

Joshua G
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
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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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Darwinian biologist Jerry Coyne speaks out on a SciAm op-ed’s claims that denial of evolution stems from white supremacy

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July 11, 2021
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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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Science historian Michael Flannery offers resources on Darwin and racism

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July 10, 2021
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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 ›