06May 2025 by Post

“Recant!” A Sternberg Story that (Almost) Got Away

bullying, bureaucracy, Cambrian Explosion, Center for Science and Culture, Emily Sandico, Evolution, Federal Government, free speech, Greece, Greek Orthodox Church, Heresy, immaterial genome, Intelligent Design, John West, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, National Museum of Natural History, Ottoman Empire, parishioners, Plato's Revenge, priests, Redmond, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity
The priest cited to Sternberg the experience of Greeks when they lived under harsh Turkish rule. Source
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08Apr 2025 by Post

At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry

academic freedom, Anthony Fauci, bioethics, COVID-19, epidemiologists, Francis Collins, free speech, health policy, Honestly, Jay Bhattacharya, Khaleda Rahman, Lawrence D. Bobo, lockdowns, Maya Sulkin, Medicine, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Heath, Newsweek, Real Clear Politics, Scott Atlas, The Free Press, The New England Journal of Medicine, Washington Post, Wesley J. Smith
Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty. Source
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31Mar 2025 by Post

Hysteria in the Science Sector Over DOGE

Bethesda (magazine), bioethics, censorship, COVID-19, DOGE, Donald Trump, Francis Collins, free speech, hormone injections, hysteria, ideology, innovation, Jay Bhattacharya, layoffs, Medicine, National Institutes of Health, PhD students, Reform, research funding, respondents, scientific debate, scientists, Trump Administration
Whatever problems now exist for the public medical research funding sector, the disappointing Francis Collins helped create them. Source
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29Mar 2025 by Post

Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya, Replacing Francis Collins at NIH!

academia, beliefs, belonging, bioethics, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, Donald Trump, epidemiologists, Evangelical Christians, Faith & Science, faith and science, fear, Francis Collins, free speech, Jay Bhattacharya, John Mac Ghlionn, John West, media, ministry, National Institutes of Health, Politico, Praise, promotions, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It
How can our country get more Bhattacharyas and fewer Collinses? That is one way of phrasing the question that Dr. West sets out to answer. Source
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13Mar 2025 by Post

PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys

animal experiments, animals, chimpanzees, Culture & Ethics, Edward Taub, elephants, First Amendment, human suffering, illnesses, Ingrid Newkirk, journalists, National Institutes of Health, News Media, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons, PETA, Silver Spring Monkey Case, Society for Neuroscience, writ of habeas corpus
There is not one modern medical treatment or intervention that does not involve animal research at some point in the process. Source
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12Mar 2025 by Post

Stand Up for Science or… for Naked Ideology?

1. End Censorship and Political Interference in Science, accessibility, Culture & Ethics, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, federal employees, free speech, government, Great Barrington Declaration, ideology, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorrff, minoritized, misinformation, National Institutes of Health, Politics, protestors, protests, research funding, Stand Up for Science, Sunetra Gupta, universities
“Stand Up for Science 2025” protests were clearly aimed at reaffirming control by the now discredited science establishment. Source
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10Mar 2025 by Post

Francis Collins Stands Up for DEI, High Overhead, and Unethical Research?

baby parts, censorship, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, DEI, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, ethics, Evangelical Christians, federal funding, Francis Collins, free speech, government, Lincoln Memorial, mandates, National Institutes of Health, News Media, persecution, price gouging, progressives, racial discrimination, scientific research, secularists, Stand Up for Science, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, United States, __trending
At least Collins has made it harder to ignore his real agenda by appearing at this partisan political rally. Source
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06Mar 2025 by Post

Let’s Not Forget About That Covid Commission

9/11 Commission, accountability, bureaucrats, Children, Congress, Covid commission, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, deaths, Declaration of Independence, Democrats, English, ethics, experts, Hoover Institution, Humanize, Jay Bhattacharya, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, leadership, liberty, lockdowns, Medicine, National Institutes of Health, pandemic, Republicans, Scott Atlas, Stanford University, vaccine, vaccine mandates, virus, Wall Street Journal, Washington DC, Washington State, Wesley J. Smith
When speaking of the disaster that began to unfold in 2020, do you refer to it as the Covid “pandemic” or the Covid “lockdowns and vaccine mandates”? Source
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14Feb 2025 by Post

Who’s Afraid of This New Science Journal?

Academy of Public Health, Ajit Varki, Authors, Catherine Offord, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, editors, Food and Drug Administration, gatekeeping, Great Barrington Declaration, Greg Piper, Jay Bhattacharya, Journal of the Academy of Public Health, Just the News, Martin Kulldorff, Marty Makary, Medicine, Michael Eisen, National Institutes of Health, Paul Ginsparg, Peter Suber, Real Clear Foundation, Science (journal), Sunetra Gupta
Skeptics worry that the new journal "will be used to sow doubt about scientific consensus." Source
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