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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 Director of Podcasting and Senior Fellow Andrew McDiarmid is Director of Podcasting and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is also a contributing writer to MindMatters.ai. He produces ID The Future , a podcast from the Center for Science & Culture that presents the case, research, and implications of intelligent design and explores the debate over evolution. He writes and speaks regularly on the impact of technology on human living. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Post, Houston Chronicle, The Daily Wire, San Francisco Chronicle, Real Clear Politics, Newsmax, The American Spectator, The Federalist, and Technoskeptic Magazine. In addition to his roles at the Discovery Institute, he promotes his homeland as host of the Scottish culture and music podcast Simply Scottish , available anywhere podcasts are found. Andrew holds an MA in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University and a BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Learn more about his work at andrewmcdiarmid.org .
