Category: Free Speech
When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?
Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges.
Darwin Doubting Playwright Matt Chait Returns to the Hollywood Stage
Chait writes smart, concise dialogue on these subjects, and seems to have learned more than a thing or two from biologist Scott Turner’s recent book, Purpose and Desire.
In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution
The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching.
From American Association for the Advancement of Science, Condescension Disguised as “Dialogue”
Honestly, the scientific establishment would do better by sticking to science.
Academic Freedom — Sweeping Up the Shards
Here is an article, “The New Evolution Deniers,” by evolutionary biologist Colin Wright at Penn State.