Tag: Bret Weinstein

Taking Notes from the Creationist Playbook

.Reading time 37 minutes.

I’ve been continuing to follow the the unfolding saga about the descent of Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying and the Dark Horse Podcast down the conspiracist rabbit hole and I noticed something. The more I listen to Bret and Heather, the more they remind me of creationists. Now for two evolutionary biologists being likened to creationists […]

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On The alleged crackpottery of Bret Weinstein

.Reading time 19 minutes.

Years ago, I watched with dismay as Dr. Bret Weinstein, a professor at Evergreen State College, was chased out of his tenured position by a student led mob calling him a racist and making demands of the administration. He — and unavoidably by proxy his wife, Dr. Heather Heying — became the the prototypical victims […]

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