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flat earth

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 27, 2020
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Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Flat Earthers are wrong but not stupid

Denyse O'Leary
August 27, 2020
Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Hossenfelder: It is not possible for each and every one of us to redo all experiments in the history of science. It therefore becomes increasingly important that scientists provide evidence for how science works, so that people who cannot follow the research itself can instead rely on evidence that the system produces correct and useful descriptions of nature. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 7, 2019
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Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, science education
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A flat earth is popular among iGen – kids who grew up with the internet

Denyse O'Leary
February 7, 2019
Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, science education
Most of Novella’s piece has to do with people who seriously espouse a flat earth as opposed to people who check the box and go back to their Twitter feed, surely the vast majority. It won’t be fun when those people have responsible positions, imparting their knowledge of the world. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 13, 2019
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Historian: Darwinists kept the “flat earth” myth going, to attack opponents of their views

Denyse O'Leary
January 13, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
From Mike Keas's new book: “The reason for promoting both the specific like about the sphericity of earth and the general lie that religion and science are in natural and eternal conflict in Western society is to defend Darwinism.” Read More ›