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Charles Darwin observing Ape skulls
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 25, 2025
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Evolution, Philosophy, Psychology
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Salvo: The Facts and Fictions of the Scopes Monkey Trial

Society has changed so much that biologists face trouble not for believing in Darwinism but for believing in the reality of biology
Denyse O'Leary
April 25, 2025
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Evolution, Philosophy, Psychology
The biologists who would pride themselves on enthroning Darwinism as a public truth a century ago find that what is publicly true no long even matters the way it used to. Read More ›
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Small orange flags places in grass in memory of the thousands of Indigenous children that died in Canada's residential school system. Wide view.
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 27, 2024
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Ethics, Media, Philosophy, Politics
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Canada’s Residential Schools: A Saga of Journalistic Wrongdoing

Even as the story is collapsing for lack of evidence, there is a move afoot to criminalize doubt about what happened (denialism).
Denyse O'Leary
September 27, 2024
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Ethics, Media, Philosophy, Politics
Could it happen in the United States? Of course. It can happen anywhere where people are willing to ignore the demands of evidence in favor of private truth. Read More ›
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Magic burning candles on glowing dark natural background. mysterious fairy scene. witchcraft ritual. dark natural Background. Samhain, Halloween holiday concept
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 22, 2024
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Philosophy, Politics, Science
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Will Scientists Be Forced to Consider the Occult as Science?

When the World Economic Forum invited a witch to Davos to offer incantations, it was more than just window dressing
Denyse O'Leary
January 22, 2024
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Philosophy, Politics, Science
Given the growing power of private truth, the future of science which, like religion, represents public truth is more uncertain than some expect. Read More ›