# \#Science

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## [Response to Will Duffy | PART I - Population Genetics](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-part-i-population-genetics/18094)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-part-i-population-genetics/18094 "2026-10-06T15:53:27Z")

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I first wrote this response to Will Duffy with a total word count of 60529 words, exceeding the 32000 limit. Here is PART I. A separate topic will contain PART II. PART I 1. PROLOGUE 1.1 Lotteries & Probabilities John…

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## [Response to Will Duffy | PART II - Clades and Chromsomes and ERVs! Oh My!](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-part-ii-clades-and-chromsomes-and-ervs-oh-my/18095)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-part-ii-clades-and-chromsomes-and-ervs-oh-my/18095 "2026-10-08T22:17:28Z")

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I originally wrote a topic with a total word count of 60529 words, exceeding the 32000 limit. Here is PART II. A separate topic contains PART I. PART II 1. The MINOR arguments 1.1 Too many clades? From \[7:38 - 10:21\] …

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## [Why the Brain-Only Model Cannot Fully Explain Near-Death Experiences](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-the-brain-only-model-cannot-fully-explain-near-death-experiences/18052)

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**Author:** [@Ahmedzayed](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Ahmedzayed)\
**Replies:** 155\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-the-brain-only-model-cannot-fully-explain-near-death-experiences/18052 "2026-10-02T17:12:44Z")

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1- Near-death experiences include veridical perceptions. It is true that there are few cases found in prospective studies, but the amount of anecdotal evidence supported by independent witnesses and among those independe…

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## [How do Parent Behavior Memories transfer to Offspring? Via DNA?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-do-parent-behavior-memories-transfer-to-offspring-via-dna/18065)

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**Author:** [@Irikevig](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Irikevig)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-do-parent-behavior-memories-transfer-to-offspring-via-dna/18065 "2026-09-26T13:06:40Z")

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Brainstorming QUESTION: 1-What does science know about HOW instinctual memories, behavior traits, and skills needed for survival, present in (primarily here) the parents of mammals and birds, get transferred to their of…

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## [How did matter begin to employ data processing schemes](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-did-matter-begin-to-employ-data-processing-schemes/18069)

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**Author:** [@VladtheDestroyer](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/VladtheDestroyer)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-did-matter-begin-to-employ-data-processing-schemes/18069 "2026-09-24T16:55:03Z")

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..without an intellect to assign a value?

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## [The Three Most Famous Scientific Errors in the Qur’an—and Why They Are Not Errors](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-three-most-famous-scientific-errors-in-the-qur-an-and-why-they-are-not-errors/18048)

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**Author:** [@Ahmedzayed](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Ahmedzayed)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-three-most-famous-scientific-errors-in-the-qur-an-and-why-they-are-not-errors/18048 "2026-09-13T23:40:33Z")

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There are many biased sites in the media promoting the idea that the Qur’an contains clear scientific errors and thus cannot be the word of God. Here, I will respond to the most famous ones I have heard. 1. Semen coming…

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## [The Qur’an’s Multilayered Language: When Ancient Words Accommodate Modern Discoveries](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-qur-an-s-multilayered-language-when-ancient-words-accommodate-modern-discoveries/18051)

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**Author:** [@Ahmedzayed](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Ahmedzayed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-qur-an-s-multilayered-language-when-ancient-words-accommodate-modern-discoveries/18051 "2026-09-10T21:50:39Z")

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The multi-layered wording of the Qur’an allows it to accommodate new scientific discoveries, which is remarkable. - For example, the Qur’an says: ﴿الله يعلم ما تحمل كل أنثى وما تغيض الأرحام وما تزداد وكل شيء عنده بمقدا…

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## [The Pollen Problem](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-pollen-problem/17786)

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**Author:** [@nathanlong](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/nathanlong)\
**Replies:** 231\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-pollen-problem/17786 "2026-09-04T16:25:26Z")

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I am a Christian but not a YEC, for many reasons. I have never seen YECs attempt to answer “The Pollen Problem.” Joel Duff has called it “Flood Geology’s Abominable Mystery” - see academia.edu (the ASA link where I first…

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## [Why a Scientific Realist Should Be a Moral Realist Too?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-a-scientific-realist-should-be-a-moral-realist-too/18037)

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**Author:** [@Ahmedzayed](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Ahmedzayed)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-a-scientific-realist-should-be-a-moral-realist-too/18037 "2026-09-04T16:24:35Z")

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All human knowledge is ultimately based on one thing: shared universal human perception. The scientific method, meaning things like predictions, falsifications, measurements by very accurate and sensitive instruments, re…

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## [Response to Will Duffy | Phylogenetic systematics](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-phylogenetic-systematics/17985)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-phylogenetic-systematics/17985 "2026-08-23T18:58:39Z")

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Erica (@GutsickGibbon) is still continuing with her live-stream series teaching Will Duffy about evolution. I missed a couple of streams since the last time I posted a response to Duffy, but I did watch the most recent o…

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## [Followup on "Jay Bhattacharya at the NIH… one year on"](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/followup-on-jay-bhattacharya-at-the-nih-one-year-on/17978)

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**Author:** [@Argon](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Argon)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/followup-on-jay-bhattacharya-at-the-nih-one-year-on/17978 "2026-08-16T17:34:24Z")

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Continuing on an earlier observation .. Dr. Bhattacharya bravely stood silently behind Trump as the President demonized the MMR vaccine, multiple other vaccines and the vaccine schedule that were developed to balance & …

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## [Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/intermediate-stages-in-the-origin-of-metabolism/17976)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/intermediate-stages-in-the-origin-of-metabolism/17976 "2026-08-10T00:06:32Z")

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Something to stir the OoL pot. Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent Natalia Mrnjavac et al. Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydroth…

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## [The YEC Distinction Between Operational and Historical Science Is Not Recognized And Is Wrong 100,002 Times Over](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-yec-distinction-between-operational-and-historical-science-is-not-recognized-and-is-wrong-100-002-times-over/17939)

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**Author:** [@RonSewell](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/RonSewell)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-yec-distinction-between-operational-and-historical-science-is-not-recognized-and-is-wrong-100-002-times-over/17939 "2026-08-05T01:26:04Z")

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What is this, taken from Fossil Butte in Wyoming? The likely answer is a fossil fish, and why is this even a question? However, was that answer a matter of observational science, historical science, or is that a invali…

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## [Kondrashov's Paradox: Why We Haven't Died 100 Times Over](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/kondrashovs-paradox-why-we-havent-died-100-times-over/17840)

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**Author:** [@talkpopgen](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/talkpopgen)\
**Replies:** 295\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/kondrashovs-paradox-why-we-havent-died-100-times-over/17840 "2026-07-14T13:18:44Z")

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The Many Faces of Genetic Entropy Since John Sanford published Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome in 2005, genetic entropy (GE hereafter) has become a staple creationist argument. In his book, he defines GE thu…

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## [Nature: The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nature-the-political-polarization-of-health-outcomes-in-the-usa/17888)

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**Author:** [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nature-the-political-polarization-of-health-outcomes-in-the-usa/17888 "2026-06-23T16:55:20Z")

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No surprise: Abstract Public health disparities provide an important lens for understanding social and political change in the USA. Using individual-level medical data and death records, this study shows that conservat…

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## [How real scientists study a possibly intelligently-designed object](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-real-scientists-study-a-possibly-intelligently-designed-object/17867)

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**Author:** [@Mercer](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Mercer)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-real-scientists-study-a-possibly-intelligently-designed-object/17867 "2026-06-21T20:54:52Z")

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Note that they, unlike the ID crew, are able to think of additional experiments to test their ID hypothesis! AFAIK, none have experienced ridicule nor published books aimed only at laypeople.

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## [Gene ancestries reveal diverse microbial associations during eukaryogenesis](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gene-ancestries-reveal-diverse-microbial-associations-during-eukaryogenesis/17884)

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**Author:** [@AndyWalsh](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AndyWalsh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gene-ancestries-reveal-diverse-microbial-associations-during-eukaryogenesis/17884 "2026-06-18T02:27:58Z")

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Apparently it takes a village to make a eukaryote genome: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10639-9 Abstract: The origin of eukaryotes remains a central enigma in biology1. Continuing debates agree on the pi…

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## [The Pollen Problem returns](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-pollen-problem-returns/17854)

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**Author:** [@nathanlong](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/nathanlong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-pollen-problem-returns/17854 "2026-06-04T16:12:59Z")

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Joel Duff posted a new article on this.

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## [Pray tell, how "modern" is "modern"?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/pray-tell-how-modern-is-modern/17834)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/pray-tell-how-modern-is-modern/17834 "2026-05-26T16:17:38Z")

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So, Dr. Carl Werner recently went on Rebekah Davis’ channel to make his usual claims about ‘living fossils’. TL;DR That argument has never impressed me. It fails, often on multiple grounds. STRAW MAN E…

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## [A New Spin on Chirality](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-new-spin-on-chirality/17832)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-new-spin-on-chirality/17832 "2026-05-23T21:33:44Z")

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(A shorter topic title was needed, and I couldn’t resist the pun. :wink: ) Dynamic breaking of mirror symmetry in spin-dependent electron transport through chiral media causes enantiomeric excesses https://www.science.o…

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## [Response to Will Duffy on whale evolution](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-on-whale-evolution/17788)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-will-duffy-on-whale-evolution/17788 "2026-04-29T20:30:10Z")

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Erica (@GutsickGibbon) is doing a great live-stream series with a creationist Will Duffy (idk if he has an account here?). Of course, Will does not accept evolution, but he deserves the respect for being willing to sit d…

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## [Petroleum geology predictions](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/petroleum-geology-predictions/17744)

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**Author:** [@nathanlong](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/nathanlong)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/petroleum-geology-predictions/17744 "2026-04-19T14:17:08Z")

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As a (now retired) Petroleum Geologist I have to take issue with this. In hydrocarbon exploration we use data gathered today to build models about the geological past, from which we predict where we have the best chance…

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## [Pace in Scripture](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/pace-in-scripture/17746)

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**Author:** [@ebg](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/ebg)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/pace-in-scripture/17746 "2026-04-19T14:16:48Z")

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4.5 Billion years is really not a big number. 4.5 billion \< 332 billion in dollars made in one fiscal year by a single oil company. 4.5 billion x 365 \< a mol. In terms of all of earth’s ∆ in geology… 4.5 billion years…

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## [New drugs take aim at KRAS protein](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/new-drugs-take-aim-at-kras-protein/17745)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/new-drugs-take-aim-at-kras-protein/17745 "2026-04-15T16:30:23Z")

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There are new lines of anti-cancer therapies in the pipeline, the one discussed in this article “tags” a mutant KRAS protein for removal. Others (not mentioned here) involve targeting another protein, without which the m…

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## [Productive researchers tend to stay that way](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/productive-researchers-tend-to-stay-that-way/17743)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/productive-researchers-tend-to-stay-that-way/17743 "2026-04-14T03:48:32Z")

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Researchers hoping to find late-career success are in for bad news. A study that tracked the publishing output of hundreds of thousands of scientists has found that the most important predictor of being a top performer …

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## [One year of American Lysenkoism](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/one-year-of-american-lysenkoism/17702)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/one-year-of-american-lysenkoism/17702 "2026-03-21T11:57:39Z")

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Over a year ago in February 2025, I posted a topic noting on the insanity of having an HIV-denier and Anti-vaxxer leading the US ‘health and human services’. I got some push-back from @Giltil who cited the MAHA Commissio…

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## [Knock knock, no one’s there](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/knock-knock-no-one-s-there/17714)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/knock-knock-no-one-s-there/17714 "2026-03-20T21:57:06Z")

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Knock knock, no one’s there. Study finds scientists’ jokes mostly fall flat https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00854-9?WT.ec\_id=NATURE-202603 Two-thirds of the attempts at humour during these talks fell flat, …

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## [Neil Thomas writes another apparently-quite-insane book](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/neil-thomas-writes-another-apparently-quite-insane-book/17683)

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**Author:** [@Puck\_Mendelssohn](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Puck_Mendelssohn)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/neil-thomas-writes-another-apparently-quite-insane-book/17683 "2026-02-25T03:49:54Z")

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A few years ago a retired professor of German literature by the name of Neil Thomas popped up and wrote the weird little book Taking Leave of Darwin, a strange and incoherent romp through Lucretius, Percy and Mary Shelle…

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## [Group Selection leads to a top-down human origin story](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/group-selection-leads-to-a-top-down-human-origin-story/17667)

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**Author:** [@Jay](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Jay)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/group-selection-leads-to-a-top-down-human-origin-story/17667 "2026-02-24T23:09:16Z")

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Preamble: My recent experience with Peaceful Science has been that my posts evoke no response. No acceptance, no rejection, just silence. I put that down to an old acquaintance having trashed my reputation, based on ear…

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## [Nova (PBS) this week: Mammal Origins](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nova-pbs-this-week-mammal-origins/17675)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nova-pbs-this-week-mammal-origins/17675 "2026-02-12T20:15:06Z")

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A new episode (premiering tonight) on PBS, so I hope to update my understanding: New 2/11/2026 | Season 53 Episode 4 Science & Technology, Documentary Uncover the ancient origins of mammals, a story that…

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