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Denyse O'Leary
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July 17, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: Why many now reject science… do you really want to know? Part 1

Denyse O'Leary
July 17, 2022
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
COVID demonstrated — as nothing else could — that the “science” was all over the map and didn’t help people avoid panic. Takehome: As the panic receded, the government started setting up a disinformation board to target NON-government sources of panic, thus deepening loss of trust. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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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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July 3, 2022
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Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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At Socrates in the City: Eric Metaxas and Stephen Meyer Tackle Science and God

Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2022
Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
Meyer is author of "The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe." Eric Metaxas is a radio talk show host and author of Is Atheism Dead? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 2, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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Science mag goes bonkers on abortion, and related stories

Denyse O'Leary
July 2, 2022
Intelligent Design, Media, Science
At The Scientist, we are informed, “Scientists Predict “Brain Drain” From States That Ban Abortion: Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, numerous researchers have announced plans to either vacate or decline career opportunities in states where abortion is or will soon be illegal.” Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
June 2, 2022
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Fine tuning, Multiverse, Science
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At Big Think: How the Multiverse could break the scientific method

Eric Hedin
June 2, 2022
Fine tuning, Multiverse, Science
Theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser raises the issue that the multiverse hypothesis suffers from the unscientific property of non-falsifiability. Embedded in his article is a solid acknowledgement of the fine-tuning of physical parameters for life to exist in our universe. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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John West on C. S. Lewis and science

Denyse O'Leary
May 5, 2022
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Klinghoffer: Dr. West reminds listeners of an insight of Lewis’s that doesn’t get the attention it deserves, perhaps because it comes in the Epilogue of the last book Lewis completed, the fascinating The Discarded Image. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Science
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At UnDark: Is risk aversion ruining science?

Denyse O'Leary
April 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Science
Sutter: I’ve met many junior scientists who were given similar advice, and senior scientists — now that I number among their ranks — confide that their top priority is in achieving deltas: a physics jargon word that they use here to refer to tiny, incremental advances of their current research. Read More ›
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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 ›