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Woke science culture

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 8, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Tal Bachman on the folly of “Trust science!”

Denyse O'Leary
October 8, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Prediction: As the smarter portion of the population begins to piece together what’s happened in the past few years, “Science!” is going to take a beating in public reputation. That’s too bad. But, under the circumstances, the harm done by continued uncritical belief may be greater than the harm done by disillusionment. Agree or disagree, we will likely find out. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 30, 2021
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Academic Freedom, Geology, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Apparently, some people have noticed the nonsense at Nature Communications about geology as not a safe field for persons of color

Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2021
Academic Freedom, Geology, Intelligent Design, Racism
About that third comment above: There is no reason to put “scholarship” and “Nature Communications” in the same sentence if this “paper” is supposed to be an example of the type of thing it produces. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 16, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Science
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Larry Krauss at Quillette on Woke science

Denyse O'Leary
March 16, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Science
It’s hard to see how all the Virtue that Krauss recounts will help young members of minority groups today make their way in science, as opposed to creating window dressing jobs for Wokesters. But maybe the window dressing jobs ARE the point of this sort of exercise. Read More ›