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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 5, 2023

Categorized
Media, Science

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Allysia Finley, Anthony Fauci and virus research funding, Ashley Rindsberg, First Amendment, James B. Meigs, Jay Bhattacharya, Lab leak theory (COVID-19) as conspiracy theory, Media (traditional media decline), Media and elitism, Patrick Brown, science media, Science writers}

How Media Have Helped To Corrupt Science

_{Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science!} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 5, 2023

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Media, Science}

Neither popular media nor science media now play a traditional role as evaluators and critics of elite groups’ claims on behalf of a broad public. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 19, 2023

Categorized
Media, Philosophy, Politics, Science

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Alfred Lord Tennyson, Final theory in science, John Horgan, Matt Ridley, Philip Ball, Science (trust in science), Science and politics, Science writers, Theory success in science, Trust in science, Tunku Varadarajan, Ulysses (poem)}

When Science Writers Say Things We Hardly Expected…

_{Some science writers are monotonous boosters for Answers from Science but the better ones challenge themselves, and thus challenge us too} _{Denyse O'Leary

August 19, 2023

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Media, Philosophy, Politics, Science}

One reason there can’t be Final Answers in science is that the questions keep changing as we learn more, and in some cases we are asking the wrong ones. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 20, 2022

Categorized
Media, Philosophy, Religion, Science

Tagged
Carl Sagan, David Klinghoffer, Nicholas Wade on COVID origin, Nicholas Wade on science writing, Population bomb claims, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science writers, Science writers and credulity, Steven Novella on science writing}

Why Science News Sucks — A Response to a Disgusted Physicist

_{There are reasons why science journalists can't usually be skeptical in the way that other journalists can. Here are some of them} _{Denyse O'Leary

June 20, 2022

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Media, Philosophy, Religion, Science}

In her usual forthright manner, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder asks, by blog post and Youtube video, “Why does science news suck so much? It’s hardly an original question but among her suggested answers are some thoughtful reflections, including 9. Don’t forget that science is fallible A lot of media coverage on science policy remembers that science is fallible only when it’s convenient for them. When they’ve proclaimed something as fact that later turns out to be wrong, then they’ll blame science. Because science is fallible. Facemasks? Yeah, well, we lacked the data. Alright. But that’d be more convincing if science news acknowledged that their information might be wrong in the first place. The population bomb? Peak oil? The new ice Read More ›