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Blunders Without Number: The Fraud Problems and Darwinism

July 5, 2018

Blunders without Number: The Fraud Problems and Darwinism One of the most respected medical journals in the world, New England Journal of Medicine, recently “retracted and republished a landmark study on the Mediterranean diet, and issued an unprecedented five other corrections after an obscure report last year scrutinized thousands of articles in eight journals over […]

Education

Scientists Not Always Trained to Be Critical Thinkers

February 19, 2018

A trainer of graduate students at a prestigious university wants to put the Ph back in PhD. Can scientists be good at detail work but dumb at logic? Gundula Bosch thinks so. She directs the R3 Graduate Science Initiative at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. In Nature, she says she’s […]

Philosophy of Science

Big Science Wobbles on Trust

January 6, 2018

Fixing the gap between the ideal and the real will require factors outside of science, like honesty.

Philosophy of Science

Big Science Struggling to Regain Credibility

September 23, 2017

Peer review is under attack with new moves to combat fraud and special interest through integrity and transparency. But where do those come from?

Politics and Ethics

Dishonesty Undermines Trust in Big Science

August 8, 2017

Before they can tell the public what is true about the world, scientists had better get a handle on honesty. You can trust a scientist – to be fallible. Science is not entirely ‘out there’ in the world. Its findings are always mediated through fallible humans. And lately, there has been a flurry of concerns […]

Philosophy of Science

More Fakes in the Science Laboratory

May 23, 2017

Fake news is not just a problem in politics.

Philosophy of Science

Big Science Culture Condones Misconduct

May 2, 2017

Dishonest behavior by scientists is rampant, but nothing seems to change. Can evolutionary theory help?

Politics and Ethics

Germany Reconstructing Nazi Medical Atrocities

January 17, 2017

German scientists who studied euthanasia victims' brains "were very good researchers of international standing."

Philosophy of Science

Big Science Pops its Zits

January 5, 2017

If you think institutional science has a smooth complexion, look closer. From every angle, serious blemishes are coming to light.

Philosophy of Science

Scientism, Heal Thyself

September 8, 2016

The scientific establishment that sees itself as the paragon of rationality needs take an honest look at its human frailties.

Bible and Theology

Science Requires Godly Values

February 21, 2016

Much as they try to evolutionize religion, scientists recognize that Biblical values are essential for science.

Philosophy of Science

You Should Trust Scientists (To Be Fallible)

June 6, 2015

Public trust in scientists exceeds their trustworthiness, experts warn.

Philosophy of Science

Science Needs God; and Hurry!

May 24, 2015

Science is in a crisis of ethics. What would you expect from a community that rejects the Ten Commandments for morality that evolves?

Politics and Ethics

Big Science in Crisis of Trust

May 3, 2015

A flurry of recent articles underscore the absolute necessity for integrity in science.

Mind and Brain

The Politics of Happiness

March 14, 2015

Sometimes scientists get it right, and sometimes they get it wrong. Humans are too complex to fit pet theories, but even scientists can notice what works.

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