Darwinism and Scientific Totalitarianism: John West’s Darwin Day in America

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The afterword, on “Totalitarian Science,” published in 2015, shows John West as a prophet of things to come. Source
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Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

agriculture, Big Data, bioindustry, biology, Canis familiaris, chihuahua, China, conservation, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinism, Earth BioGenome Project, ecology, eukaryotes, Evolution, genomes, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Mark Blaxter, mastiff, Medicine, Paul Chien, phylogenetics, PNAS, sequencing, species, Sweden, United States
Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Source
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The Human Cost of Coercive Science

babysitter, child development, COVID-19, crime rates, Culture & Ethics, daycare, Douglas Axe, economists, Education, free speech, Georgia, handcuffs, Jay Richards, Johns Hopkins University, Les Misérables, lockdown, Medicine, Melissa Henderson, mental health, mortality, online schooling, Religious Liberty, science, suicides, The Price of Panic, unemployment, William Briggs
Lockdowns were imposed on society in the name of science, although the actual scientific basis of many of the measures employed was unclear at best. Source
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A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

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The new Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Source
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Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

anti-malaria drugs, constructive evolution, Current Biology, devolution, Eric Anderson, Evolution, evolutionary tree, functionality, genetic information, ID The Future, introns, malaria, Medicine, Michael Behe, mutations, niche advantage, Plasmodium falciparum, Podcast, selective advantage, technical papers, Tree of Life, yeast
Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Source
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Manipulating Molecules: Combining Info + Nano for Better Medicine

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“Oscar Wilde said nature imitates art,” Meyer said. And today we’re going to see that “technology is able to imitate and even in some ways, improve on nature.” Source
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Ann Bauer: Science Tyranny, Science Uprising

Ann Bauer, autism, behavior training, biofeedback, brain chemistry, Bruno Bettelheim, cross-patterning, Evolution, Faith & Science, Gestalt, gurus, Intelligent Design, masks, Medicine, New York City, origins science, Orthogenic School, pandemic, Science Uprising, scientists, sensory integration, Tablet, talk therapy, tyranny
Do yourself a favor and read a heartbreaking and beautifully written essay, "I Have Been Through This Before." Source
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