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COVID-19

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 20, 2022
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: Researchers: If we tell folks more about science, they trust less

Denyse O'Leary
July 20, 2022
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Generally, the remedy for loss of trust after widespread failures is reform of the system, not reform of its doubters. Post-COVID, scientists should take heed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Science
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Remember when the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 was “just a conspiracy theory”?

Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Science
Matt Ridley: We don’t say this virus definitely jumped out of a laboratory, but we do say that if there is one city in the world where a laboratory leak of a novel SARS-like virus from bats would be most likely to happen, it would be Wuhan. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 20, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Medicine
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A scare from New Scientist: Melting permafrost could release ancient viruses that cause the next pandemic

Denyse O'Leary
February 20, 2022
Intelligent Design, Medicine
The basis for such panic marketing is usually a correct science observation — in this case, that microscopic life forms (and viruses) may hibernate for long periods in ice. However, as the New Scientist article notes, “bacteria that infect humans are adapted to live at our body temperatures, so it is highly unlikely that they would survive for long periods below zero.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2022
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Canada, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Truckers to government: We are not your lab rats any more

Denyse O'Leary
February 9, 2022
Canada, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
The last word in elite cluelessness belongs to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson: “It’s disturbing when you see the protest turning into what looks like some kind of a fun carnival, where they’ve got bouncy castles and hot tubs and saunas, a complete insult to the people who are putting up with this nonsense for the last seven days, and it shows a great deal of insensitivity,” ... Mr. Watson, kids - who are not at significant risk via COVID - have been in elite progressive COVID-19 jail for years. Soon, other parents are also going to get red-pilled and start liberating their kids from Trust the Science! jail. And trust them to think they have the right to ask some hard questions. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 4, 2022
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Canada, Intelligent Design, Media
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A characteristic of our times: Anarchy from above: Canadian truckers edition

Denyse O'Leary
February 4, 2022
Canada, Intelligent Design, Media
Here’s what resistance to the anarchy means in Canada: The Convoy was peaceful compared to most demos. We just want to COVID Crazy to end. It’s not doing anything but harm. But GoFundMe has now seized the $10 million dollars Canadians contributed to the support of those camped in Ottawa aiming to end the destructive lockdowns and will give it to charities instead. 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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November 15, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Would it be better if more scientists studied philosophy?

Denyse O'Leary
November 15, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Lehewych: "Consider public health messaging during the pandemic, which consisted of a pattern of revelation and back-peddling. Worse, this pattern wasn’t even cohesive among scientists and medical experts: different experts in the same fields were simultaneously saying things about the pandemic that were contradictory and inconsistent. This only served to confuse the public and aggravate hyperpartisanship." He suggests that scientists study philosophy so as to avoid sounding like “sanctimonious know-it-alls.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 29, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Science
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An interesting take on how science splutters out amid cries of “Trust the Science!”

Denyse O'Leary
October 29, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Science
Curiously, “Trust the Science” echoes across the landscape at about the same time as Cancel Culture has started going after prominent historical scientists. There may be a connection in the sense that the slogan relates to a state of mind in which Correct scientists are identified and given implicit obedience — for now — and Incorrect ones are destroyed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 21, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
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At The Ness: Science is not Just Philosophy

Denyse O'Leary
September 21, 2021
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
Wait. If atheist neurologist blogger Steven Novella is right, the science presenters in media must be speaking a different language from the rest of us. The impression that he says they don’t convey (“insight into the ultimate nature of reality”), they in fact do — by a variety of means. That’s okay, of course, until the whipped cream hits the fan. Read More ›