Tag: Caroline Crocker
Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?
The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing.
Courage, Courtesy, and the Origin of Life — Congratulations to Physicist Jeremy England
As Yale’s David Gelernter has said of Darwinism, to challenge it is to “take your life in your hands.”
Suppressing Science at Brown University
Career anxiety is exactly how heterodox thought is policed and stamped out in the academic world.
Free to Think: Caroline Crocker’s New Book Tells Story of Discrimination Against Intelligent Design
While Chris Comer’s lawsuit made a bogus case for discrimination, there are cases documenting genuine discrimination–against scientists who support intelligent design (ID). One of those incidents took place at George Mason University (GMU), where Caroline Crocker was ousted from teaching biology because she challenged to neo-Darwinian evolution and favorably mentioned ID in the classroom. Dr. Crocker later appeared in Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, but now many more details about Caroline Crocker’s story are revealed in her new autobiographical book, Free to Think: Why Scientific Integrity Matters. Free to Think tells the story of a biology professor who cares deeply about students, received glowing student reviews, wouldn’t compromise her integrity when challenged to disregard anti-cheating rules, and produced high quality curricular Read More ›
One Long Article: Washington Post Highlights Persecution of Caroline Crocker
In a 7700 word article, Shankar Vedantam writes in the Washington Post about Caroline Crocker’s treatment at George Mason University. Some Darwinists I’ve known–who have never experienced what it is like to be a scientific minority in today’s climate–argue that she was not fired from her job. “Her contract was simply not renewed for reasons unrelated to ID” they claim. True: her contract was not renewed, and technically speaking, she was not “fired.” But from information I have heard, the non-renewal of her contract had much to do with her views and the fact that she mentioned ID in a biology classroom. It seems to me that Crocker’s account in the Washington Post is very accurate. Here are some of Read More ›