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John Sailor's recent reporting described how DEI statements were used for every position. Let's have a look. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-ohio-states-dei-factory-faculty-report-diversity-hiring-cefd804d https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/ohio-state-reports-dei-litmus-tests https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/ohio-state-reports-the-rubrics https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/the-ohio-state-reports-dei-contributions-in-practice https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/the-ohio-state-reports-racial-preferences

Recent research is exploring the creation of artificial life for medicinal purposes. Good idea or the start of a horror film? If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231005135616.htm

A recent "research article" discussed how different groups uses a religious discourse to de-legitimize climate activism. From poor logic to misunderstanding the difference between cults and religion, the article is a mess. We're joined by Kieran White, multimedia journalist, host of the Crowd Source Podcast, and the founder of Wokescreen for his take on the article. Article reviewed in this episode: “The Cult of Greta Thunberg”: De-legitimating Climate Activism with “Religion” https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20503032231174208 Would you like to suggest papers for us to review? Become a supporter of ScioSophia on Locals to make article suggestions for us! You can sign up at sciosophia.locals.com/support Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mojo/rebel License code: DPLM90L04XVBMBH1 The Rogue Journal Club is a ScioSophia production. Copyright 2023.

Deb Fillmann (@TheReasonWeLearn) and I have a lot of thoughts about why things have gone so haywire in education and STEM. Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/mCREZ8d05ys?feature=share

There's a desire to get more women and minorities in STEM. A well meaning goal, but as Deb Fillman (@TheReasonWeLearn) and I discuss, the DEI programs (based in postmodernism) chases away the same people. Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/mCREZ8d05ys?feature=share

The article that Deb Fillman (@TheReasonWeLearn) and I reviewed on SciChat Saturday also made some misguided attacks on objectivity. Something typical of postmodernism (woke) philosophy. Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/mCREZ8d05ys?feature=share

Science constructs things, postmodernism (woke) destroys and never creates. Here, Deb Fillmann (@TheReasonWeLearn) and I remember the amazing things science has done, that postmodernism can only destroy. Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/mCREZ8d05ys?feature=share

By viewer request, it's time to get into a recent piece in Scientific American discussing the push for geoengineering. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-engineer-the-sky/

In this clip from SciChat Saturday, Deb Fillman (@TheReasonWeLearn) and I elucidate what is meant by "education." Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/mCREZ8d05ys?feature=share If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content!

The article Deb Fillman (@TheReasonWeLearn) and I reviewed on the last SciChat Saturday was trying to apply critical theory to the physics concept of energy. Here's an important question about that. Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/mCREZ8d05ys?feature=share If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content!

Why is it a wildly bad thing to have an ideological bias in STEM? I have some thoughts. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! Wokescreen Promotional Code: ScioSophia 10% off your membership https://wokescreen.com/register/culture-warrior-annual/?coupon=ScioSophia References: https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1705628641176990013 https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/02/15/americans-trust-in-scientists-other-groups-declines/ https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202307/rnoti-p1045.pdf https://www.nationalaffairs.com/storage/app/uploads/public/58e/1a4/aff/58e1a4aff1c34717462099.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325471509_Author_Correction_Homogenous_The_Political_Affiliations_of_Elite_Liberal_Arts_College_Faculty https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/homogenous_the_political_affiliations_of_elite_liberal_arts_college_faculty/pdf

According to a recent survey, Gen Z students are more likely to engage in "grade grubbing," begging instructors for grades undeserved. Professors and teachers are also giving in to that, don't do it! If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! Wokescreen Promotional Code: ScioSophia 10% off your membership https://wokescreen.com/register/culture-warrior-annual/?coupon=ScioSophia References: https://www.thecollegefix.com/trending-grade-grubbing-explodes-as-students-demand-better-grades-educators-give-in/ https://www.intelligent.com/gen-z-students-often-beg-for-grade-changes-8-in-10-educators-give-in/ http://web.archive.org/web/20230413205811/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/20/opinion/i-was-fired-nyu-after-students-complained-that-class-was-too-hard-whos-next/

It's typically rare for studies to be retracted, so here's the question - When are retractions appropriate? Let's walk through a prominent recent example to illustrate. Wokescreen Promotional Code: ScioSophia 10% off your membership https://wokescreen.com/register/culture-warrior-annual/?coupon=ScioSophia If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://nypost.com/2023/08/04/professor-fired-for-faking-data-to-prove-whites-want-longer-sentences-for-blacks/ https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07/20/florida-university-fires-criminology-professor-blemished-by-retractions/

The 2024 College Free Speech Rankings are now available from @TheFIREorg! Let's have a look. Wokescreen Promotional Code: ScioSophia 10% off your first year on the annual membership 10% off your first month on the monthly membership wokescreen.com If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.thefire.org/news/new-2024-college-free-speech-rankings-show-alarming-81-success-rate-deplatforming-attempts https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/2024-college-free-speech-rankings https://rankings.thefire.org/rank

If we're after the pursuit of the truth, then scientists must also welcome diverse views. That is, scientists can't be activists, as activists care only about advancing their own preferred view and worldview. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4180961-im-a-conservative-is-there-still-a-place-for-me-in-the-field-of-political-science/ https://newsletter.sarahhaider.com/p/on-effective-activism-and-intellectual

There's been a new invention of a thin battery that can be powered by human tears. This may lead to the development of smart contact lenses. Who wants that? If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.allaboutvision.com/eyeglasses/smart-glasses/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230824111900.htm

The American Psychological Association journal editors recently engaged in censorship of peer review. WTF? If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://unsafescience.substack.com/p/now-they-are-censoring-peer-reviews

Science is pretty unique, but what makes it special? Lee and I got into that on the last SciChat Saturday and why you shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/MlJ4_LSQems?feature=share

There's an assumption that just because a study is peer reviewed it means that it's fully established fact in a scientific field. During our last SciChat Saturday, Lee Jussim explained why that's not the case. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! Full Video: https://youtube.com/live/MlJ4_LSQems?feature=share

A Nature Chemistry article claims CRT is relevant in chemistry. This is an opportune time to remind people why it's not only irrelevant but down right anti-scientific. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-023-01271-5 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.09434.pdf https://www.newsweek.com/smithsonian-race-guidelines-rational-thinking-hard-work-are-white-values-1518333 https://unsafescience.substack.com/p/dealing-with-diversity-in-psychology

What happens when medical education becomes more about activism then medicine and patient care? Nothing good, but most of all, a degradation of trust. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2023/06/medical-education-is-infected-with-dei/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_OVOUzU8YA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AujwxJNZtp8 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hippocratic-oath https://doctors.practo.com/the-hippocratic-oath-the-original-and-revised-version/

A recent commentary describes why AI will never achieve what's called general artificial intelligence. The commentary walks through the history of AI and describes in detail the things AI really can't do. We discuss and expand upon the issue of AI in modern life. Article reviewed in this episode: Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0494-4 Would you like to suggest papers for us to review? Become a supporter of ScioSophia on Locals to make article suggestions for us! You can sign up at sciosophia.locals.com/support Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mojo/rebel License code: 4XG1CM9LFGAIIDZY The Rogue Journal Club is a ScioSophia production. Copyright 2022.

Recent polling suggests that public confidence in higher education has dropped dramatically with suggestions that it might be for political reasons. There's some interesting reasons why that might be the case. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://news.gallup.com/poll/508352/americans-confidence-higher-education-down-sharply.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/508169/historically-low-faith-institutions-continues.aspx https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/02/15/americans-trust-in-scientists-other-groups-declines/ https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202307/noti2736/noti2736.html?adat=August%202023&trk=2736&galt=none&cat=news&pdfissue=202307&pdffile=rnoti-p1045.pdf https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/the-university-cannot-and-should-not-speak-on-behalf-of-its-students-and-professors-about-the-affirmative-action-ruling-opinion/

The "Inclusivity" style guides are popping up at major science organizations, like the American Chemical Society. Kieran White returns to the channel to help break down these style guides in connection with peer-reviewed journals.

The Supreme Court recently ruled that race conscious admissions in universities are unconstitutional. I have some thoughts on the whole thing. If you like this video, I hope you consider subscribing to the channel! Sign up as a supporter at sciosophia.locals.com for exclusive access and content! References: https://www.thecollegefix.com/supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-in-landmark-decision/ https://twitter.com/sciam/status/1674517858062041091 https://twitter.com/AAUP/status/1674502183272738827 https://www.aaup.org/news/higher-ed-community-must-protect-equity-education https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf