Should Big Science Blame the Public for Mistrust?
August 19, 2022
Look at what Big Science is doing. Then ask if the public is right to be wary of their claims.
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Making People Drunk for Science
June 23, 2021
Even if declared legal, ethical and transparent with participant approval, there are things scientists should not do.
Science Findings Can Be Counter-Intuitive
October 17, 2020
It takes honesty and courage to report findings that don't make sense or go against "common knowledge."
Research on Embryonic Stem Cells Takes Dangerous Turns
June 12, 2020
They say they seek understanding for our good, but some scientific practices are not ethically justifiable.
Elitism Makes Evolutionary Psychologists Neurotic
April 21, 2020
'The public is out to destroy rationality, and we must save the planet from stupidity!' Elitists need to look in the mirror.
More Criticisms Raised Against Psycho-Science
August 6, 2019
Are psychology and psychotherapy losing their minds? Claims of their scientific validity are under fire (again).
Big Science Sullies Its Reputation
March 4, 2017
The public will lose confidence in science if its institutions continue to side with the political left.
Big Science Joins US Democrat Party Campaign
August 7, 2016
Science journals and reporters—even those outside the US—position themselves to defeat Trump and elect Clinton to promote their leftist causes.
Peer Review Is Unscientific
July 9, 2016
A reviewer of peer review says our reverence for the practice borders on mysticism, not science.
You Can Trust Scientists (to Be Fallible)
July 5, 2016
With theory overturns like these, one gets to wonder about the privileged status of scientists in our culture.
Science Journalism Disseminates Propaganda
March 29, 2016
The current methods of science news reporting don't educate; they indoctrinate.
You Should Trust Scientists (To Be Fallible)
June 6, 2015
Public trust in scientists exceeds their trustworthiness, experts warn.
"Evidence-Based" Findings May Not Be
September 12, 2013
Patients are encouraged to seek only "evidence-based" treatments for disease, but a look behind the scenes of clinical trials reveals some of the same human foibles that plague any science: shortcomings in honesty and transparency.
Scientific Ethics Concerns Rising
August 5, 2012
For an enterprise as secular and materialistic as science, there's a lot of talk about morality these days.
Objectivity of Science Undermined
October 24, 2011
Science has no boast if not objective. It is objectivity that supposedly sets science apart from all other modes of inquiry: following a “scientific method” that guarantees objective truth about the natural world. Results are reported in peer-reviewed journals that weed out mistaken ideas. After publication, other scientists can replicate any published results, making science a self-correcting process that refines its objectivity over time. Most insiders and philosophers know that the picture is highly flawed, but the vision persists that science is objective. Recent articles raise awareness of some of the problems with the portrayal of scientific objectivity.