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consensus science

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Denyse O'Leary
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April 26, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Is the real problem with science education today lack of support for the Consensus?

Denyse O'Leary
April 26, 2022
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
The trouble is, the context of the article is an attack on a teacher who doubts the COVID orthodoxy. We would want to avoid the weeds for sure but in principle it is reasonable to doubt the COVID orthodoxy. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 18, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At New Atlantis: Manufacturing a science consensus

Denyse O'Leary
November 18, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Mills: Whatever the outcome — whether we learn that the virus jumped to humans from an animal, or that it accidentally escaped from a laboratory, or we remain in a state of ignorance — the lab-leak debacle may become a potent symbol of science’s crisis of legitimacy… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 20, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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Some researchers arrive at an important truth about “consensus science”

Denyse O'Leary
October 20, 2020
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
Researchers: “When individuals are fully independent, even under highly unfavorable circumstances a consensus provides strong evidence for the correctness of the affirmed position. This no longer remains the case once dependence, polarization, and external pressure are introduced. With such interventions, the probability of a false consensus increases dramatically. ” “Shut up, he explained” is not consensus, it’s false consensus. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 7, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Ethan Siegel at Forbes on “finally” making the United States a “scientific nation”

Denyse O'Leary
October 7, 2020
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Siegel: “It is a fundamentally misinformative act to present multiple sides of a controversial issue equally when the scientific consensus overwhelmingly favors one perspective.” Actually, consensus is achieved in many ways, including some that contribute to the likelihood that the consensus will be wrong, no matter how many experts believe it. In fact, the surest way to often be wrong is to adopt the very attitude Siegel displays here. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 28, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Michael Egnor asks re COVID-19: How much of the science knowledge is fake?

Denyse O'Leary
May 28, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
Um, yes. A lot of people who want, for whatever reason, to survive and thrive, are going to have a lot of questions hereafter about the thousand shrieking heads of "consensus science."Before, it wasn't about anything that mattered so much to us. But, surveying the ruins now... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 20, 2018
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Climate change, Culture, Global Warming, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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YouTube warns us against questioning consensus science

Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2018
Climate change, Culture, Global Warming, Intelligent Design, Media, Science

Further to kairosfocus’s thoughts yesterday on the digital empire suppressing the free flow of ideas: Buzzfeed reported August 7 that “YouTube Is Fighting Back Against Climate Misinformation.” As of July 9, “YouTube is now adding fact checks to videos that question climate change … as a part of its ongoing effort to combat the rampant misinformation and conspiratorial fodder on its platform.” … YouTube’s decision might be defensible if it were evenhanded. If, on all videos addressing climate change, from any perspective, YouTube placed a notice that climate change is the subject of vigorous ongoing debate and that equally qualified scientists hold a variety of views on the magnitude, causes, and consequences of human-induced climate change and on the best Read More ›