22Oct 2026 by Post

C. W. Howell Scrubs Fabricated Behe Quote from Dissertation Without Coming Clean

biochemists, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, dissertation, Duke University, emendation, ethics, fake history, fake news, Intelligent Design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, misattribution, New York University Press, scholarship, smoking gun
The ethical thing would have been to apologize and admit the seriousness of his mistake. His smoking gun, after all, wasn’t just a dud. It was imaginary. Source
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08Sep 2026 by Post

Duke University to Remove Access to C. W. Howell’s Dissertation with Fabrication

abstract, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Discovery Institute, dissertation, documentation, Duke University, Evolution, fabrication, Intelligent Design, investigation, Michael Behe, New York University Press, notation, Office of Counsel, public access, publishers, reputational harm
On August 27, I wrote to Duke's Office of Counsel, informing them that Howell’s book has been withdrawn by its publisher because of the fabricated quote. Source
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21Mar 2024 by Post

A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

atheists, brain, Bruce Greyson, cancel culture, cardiac patients, death, dementia, dissertation, dying, Gary Habermas, imminent death, Kristle Merzlock, Mark Shelvock, medical interventions, Medicine, Minding the Brain, Monika Mandoki, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophers, Psychology Today, Research, terminal lucidity, University of Western Ontario
Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Source
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