Tag: conformity
Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down
Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.”
Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis
French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior.
Physicist Explains: Why Scientists Play It Safe
On evolution and other subjects, this promotes a stale conservatism, well suited to defending orthodoxies.
From Matt Ridley, Smart Remarks on Scientocracy — and a Howling Irony
No one in the intelligent design research community could have said this with greater punch.
“Morality Pills”: Ethicist Calls for Drugs to Solve COVID Non-Compliance
Whatever one thinks about government mandates relating to the coronavirus, Parker Crutchfield’s “solution” is worse than the problem.