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Albert Einstein

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Denyse O'Leary
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January 23, 2022
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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String theory again: Will a correction to Einstein save it?

Denyse O'Leary
January 23, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
At times, the advocacy for string theory begins to sound a bit like a religion. But, in an important sense, it IS a religion. They’re trying to make sense of the universe and eventually, that shades into metaphysics. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 29, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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At Nautilus: How Einstein reconciled religion to science

Denyse O'Leary
November 29, 2020
Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
Actually, despite the article’s title, Einstein didn’t reconcile anything. He said different things at different times to different people. And it didn’t matter. People took what they wanted from it. It sounds as though he didn’t really have a firm opinion. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 27, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Einstein’s greatest legacy was the thought experiment

Denyse O'Leary
July 27, 2020
Intelligent Design, Physics
She notes that one needs evidence from real experiments to demonstrate that the outcome of a thought experiment is real. But it is significant that the human mind is capable of developing the basis for momentous discoveries even before we commit to stuff that requires a budget. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 15, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Robert J. Marks: Time to change the peer review system

Denyse O'Leary
May 15, 2020
Intelligent Design, Peer review
Marks: The assumption that today’s peer-reviewed paper has been vetted by experts and therefore has been awarded a blue ribbon for excellence is far from the truth. Peer review often does not do its job. Consequently, today’s collection of scholarly literature is exploding in quantity and deteriorating in quality. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 13, 2019
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Some Indian scientists nix Newton and Einstein

Denyse O'Leary
January 13, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science

The BBC is now reporting on a trend in India to identity politics in science: The 106th Indian Science Congress, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, runs from 3-7 January. The head of a southern Indian university cited an old Hindu text as proof that stem cell research was discovered in India thousands of years ago… Another scientist from a university in the southern state of Tamil Nadu told conference attendees that Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein were both wrong and that gravitational waves should be renamed “Narendra Modi Waves”. Dr KJ Krishnan reportedly said Newton failed to “understand gravitational repulsive forces” and Einstein’s theories were “misleading”.Soutik Biswas and others, “India scientists dismiss Einstein theories” at BBC The Read More ›