Scientific Sophistry Reduces Trust in Science
February 26, 2025
Behind the facade of objective scientists pursuing truth is a not-so-truthful side.
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A Pox Afflicts Big Science
June 22, 2022
Ever since Big Science hooked up with politics, it has displayed ugly sores and scabs.
Don’t Follow the (Bad) Science
August 17, 2021
The literature of science is littered with retracted papers, lies, bias, embarrassments and bad ideas that refuse to die.
Retraction Note: “Evolution of Religion” Study Pulled
July 11, 2021
Nature has egg on its face. Its peer-reviewed paper on the evolution of "moralizing gods" was found immoral.
Science Prestige Crumbles
June 19, 2021
Public trust in science has taken drastic hits lately, and Big Science admits it. What will be required to get back its respect?
Scientists Retract Dino-Bird Paper
August 3, 2020
Was it a bird or a dinosaur? The latest guess is neither. It was a lizard! Another example of guesswork in paleontology.
Fake Spider Scares Experts
May 4, 2020
Yet Another Fake Fossil Published in a Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal! What’s going on in paleontology? by Jerry Bergman, PhD The headline of a creation website announced in bold letters, “Fake spider fossil passes peer review!”[1] It then asked, “What lessons should be learnt?” The first lesson is, although the common claim, at least by […]
Can Science Trust Itself?
February 11, 2020
Disturbing news comes from scientists who like to portray themselves as infallible seekers of the truth.
Scientists Are Only Fallible Humans
December 18, 2019
Recent news articles remind us to qualify our trust in scientists according to the human potential for error and bias.
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 […]
If You Can't Trust Scientists, You Can't Trust Science
February 8, 2016
Science may be "out there" in the world, but its discoveries are mediated by fallible scientists.
Bioethics: Into the Storm Without an Anchor
June 14, 2015
On several fronts, scientists without a track record of ethical trustworthiness are pushing culture toward dangerous practices.