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Date December 21, 2016
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How Consensus Can Blind Science
Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2016
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Episode 972
Guest Andrew McDiarmid
Duration 00:12:41 Download Audio File (11.6 mb)
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On today’s episode of ID the Future , learn about how consensus can blind science. This podcast features some interesting comments from Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb on the Mayans and obstacles to scientific progress. Loeb notes, “The only way to work out whether we are on the wrong path is to encourage competing interpretations of the known data.”
Photo by Casey Sernaqué Senior Fellow, Media Relations and Assistant to the Director Andrew McDiarmid is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He also serves as Assistant to CSC Director Stephen C. Meyer, a Media Relations Specialist, and a contributing writer to MindMatters.ai. He holds an MA in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University and a BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Washington. His tech column at Newsmax, Authentic Technology , explores today's technology landscape and encourages readers to live authentically in the digital age. His writing has appeared in the New York Post, Houston Chronicle, The Daily Wire, San Francisco Chronicle, The American Spectator, The Federalist, Real Clear Politics, Technoskeptic Magazine, and elsewhere. In addition to his roles at the Discovery Institute, he is host of the Scottish culture and music podcast Simply Scottish , available anywhere podcasts are found. Learn more about his work at andrewmcdiarmid.org .
