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Alex Berezow

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Denyse O'Leary
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October 25, 2021
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Climate change, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Peer review
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Science writer asks: Why are medical journals full of fashionable nonsense?

Denyse O'Leary
October 25, 2021
Climate change, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Peer review
Alex Berezow: The point is that hopping aboard a political bandwagon is good for grabbing attention — and subsequently, funding. We are witnessing a similar phenomenon with respect to climate change. No matter how extraneous a topic, researchers try to tie it to climate change. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 19, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Science writer mourns the slow suicide of science

Denyse O'Leary
October 19, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Alex Berezow: "Political partisanship. There was a time when scientists knew better than to deal in politics. That time is now gone. Openly cheering for one side of the political spectrum over the other, scientists and science media outlets are gambling with their reputation." Well, from an international perspective, here’s the obvious problem: If the US Prez is THAT important, science ain’t what it used to be. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At American Council on Science and Health: Postmodernism and the slow suicide of American science

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Berezow: Until it received a public backlash, the Smithsonian published a web page claiming that an "emphasis on the scientific method" and a focus on "objective, rational linear thinking" are examples of "white culture." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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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

Denyse O'Leary
July 17, 2020
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
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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Denyse O'Leary
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February 19, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Science media have strange standards for assessing corruption…

Denyse O'Leary
February 19, 2020
Academic Freedom, Culture, Intelligent Design, Peer review
Berezow goes on to add something very significant: “The scientific publishing industry is thoroughly corrupt, and AAAS and Science are now also a part of the problem. If and when all government-funded research is mandated to be released free of charge upon publication, journals like Science may go out of business. Good riddance.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 21, 2019
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Climate change, Global Warming, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Peer review
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Science decadence: A “Woke” medical journal’s war on having kids

Denyse O'Leary
November 21, 2019
Climate change, Global Warming, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Peer review
When institutions get this crazy (and Berezow provides a number of further examples of Lancet gone crazy) , it’s usually because their reason for existence has been undermined. Is it Lancet that we don’t need any more or medical journals generally? We’ll be able to find out by seeing whether a number of other journals follow suit and ramp up the crazy. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 27, 2018
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Peer review, Science
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Another well-earned jab at “nutrition science”

Denyse O'Leary
August 27, 2018
Culture, Intelligent Design, Peer review, Science

Alex Berezow sticks another fork in nutrition science, courtesy John Ioannidis: Dr. Ioannidis has gone on to show that the best scientists don’t always get funded, why neuroscience is unreliable, why most clinical research is useless, and that most economics studies are exaggerated. In other words, the process by which we acquire new knowledge is fundamentally flawed and much of what we think we know is wrong. Dr. Ioannidis is not just a bull in a china shop; he’s a bazooka in a china shop. … Here at ACSH, we have been saying for a long time that nutrition research is shoddy and mostly wrong. The reason is inherent to the way research is conducted in the field: Too much Read More ›