With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

Anna Krylov, bias, DEI, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, litmus tests, Medicine, Nature (journal), Nature Portfolio, Nature Reviews Psychology, objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, Reform, Scientific Freedom, scientific reasoning, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism
If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Source
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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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How To Keep Your Job Without Losing Your Soul: A Survival Guide For Diversity Training

Apologetics, Christianity, critical theory, CRT, Culture and Politics, DEI, Diversity Training, Gospel, John Ferrer, strategy, Theology and Christian Apologetics
You’ve been at your job for almost a year. You enjoy your work. You’re planting roots. Soon you’ll qualify for a pay raise and new benefits. Things are looking up. Except, at today’s business meeting, the boss announced a mandatory diversity training[i] for all employees. He made it sound harmless, perfunctory, just a hoop to jump through. No one asked questions. Everyone just nodded. Since you’re new here, you held your questions. You don’t want to cause a stir. Still, something smells fishy. Maybe you’ve heard stories about DEI, SEL, CRT, or Unconscious Bias training.[ii] Maybe you’ve been through this before, and you know what’s coming. But whatever is bothering you, there’s a decision to make. What will you do about this diversity training? You’ve got options. But before picking…
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Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

abortion, Anglicans, anti-racism, assisted suicide, bioethicists, bioethics, carbon tax, Catholicism, cease-fire, Culture & Ethics, DEI, disability, embryonic stem cells, equity, experts, Gaza, gender, gobbledygook, Hastings Center Report, health, human cloning, Impact Ethics, indigeneity, lawyers, MDs, medical conscience, Medicine, philosophers, pro-life, Progressive Ideology, Race, Second Amendment, sexuality, technocracy, university professors, Vardit Ravitsky, woke ideology
It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Source
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Peer Review May Be Beyond Reform

abortions, academic literature, Campbell’s Law, Carole Hooven, conflict of interest, Culture & Ethics, Cynthia Hudson Vitale, DEI, Discovery Institute, disinformation, Donald T. Campbell, evolutionary biologists, Fertility, Frontiers in Psychology, Goodhart’s Law, Harvard University, Laszlo Bencze, Leslie D. McIntosh, mental health, Mind Matters News, paleontology, peer reviewers, pregnancy, pro-life, retraction, Robert J. Marks, Walter Bradley Center
Harvard is going to have quite a job convincing the world that it is still serious about reality-based thinking, never mind peer review. Source
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Recognizing the Scandal in the Universities — Will It Extend to Origins Science?

academia, administrators, Andrew McDiarmid, biology, CNN, DEI, Education, Fareed Zakaria, free speech, gender, genocide, Harvard University, historians, humanities, ID The Future, intelligent causes, Jules Michelet, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, MIT, Monopoly, natural causes, Peggy Noonan, Podcast, professors, Race, red pill, scholars, silver lining, tenure, Testimony, Trivial Pursuit, universities, University of Pennsylvania, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology, Worldview
The regime of methodological naturalism is affirmative action for scientific ideas. Source
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