Tag: scientists
Recalling the First Eugenics Law, John West Reviews the Tragic History of a Pseudoscience
Indiana opened a door to similar legislation across the United States, culminating in the horrors of Nazi Germany.
In Science Education, Academic Freedom Makes Progress Across America
Sarah Chaffee spoke to AF proponents in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The Digital Age Liberates Science
Science has protected its public trust through peer review, publication, and replication. The digital age is changing that.
Beyond Hitler/Darwin: Evolutionary Moral Anarchism
At the website Credo, our colleague Richard Weikart is writing a clear-eyed series of articles about what happens to ethics when it’s subjected to evolutionary thinking.
Scientists Ask Court to Respect Academic Freedom and Not Restrict Scientific Research and Inquiry
85 Scientists Join Together in Urging Court to Protect Academic Freedom and Not Limit Research into Intelligent Design Theory Harrisburg, PA – Eighty-five scientists have filed an Amicus Brief in the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial asking the Judge to “affirm the freedom of scientists to pursue scientific evidence wherever it may lead” and not limit research into the scientific theory of intelligent design. Not all the signers are proponents of intelligent design, but they do agree “that protecting the freedom to pursue scientific evidence for intelligent design stimulates the advance of scientific knowledge.”