Scott Turner

The next episode of Evolution: A Heterodox View will be live on my SubStack, Purpose and Desire, on Monday 4 May 2026. @DiscoveryCSC #evolution

On Mon, 4 May, Ep 2 of Evolution A Hx View, will go live at 8AM. This one looks at the Socratic origins of evolutionary thought. open.substack.com/pub/scottturne…

So, Donald Trump has fired the National Science Board. What comes next? My colleague David Randall at @NASorg has thoughts, and a list of possible replacements, including Elon Musk? It would be lit! In @RCScience @mitfreespeech @CUFreeSpeech realclearscience.com/articles/2026/…

Much hand-wringing in the science establishment about Pres Trump "firing" the entire National Science Board (governing body of the NSF). Is it an attack on science? Or a good start? My take at @MindingCampus @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech mindingthecampus.org/2026/04/28/tru…

On my Substack, Purpose and Desire, I'll be posting videos from my online course Evolution: A Heterodox View. The 1st one will launch Monday at 8AM. It will be for paid subscribers to my Substack. It's a bargain at $8 a month!

Robert Trivers stirred up the evolution world in the 70s with his theories about the evolution of altruism. His recent death prompted many obituaries and remembrances. Here's mine, in @MindingCampus: @DiscoveryCSC @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech mindingthecampus.org/2026/04/23/som…

A little more about the type of bioethics that takes spreading virtue through tick bites, on my substack, Purpose and Desire: scottturner.substack.com/p/virtue-throu…

I'll never think the same about bioethics. My latest at @MindingCampus @DiscoveryCSC @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech mindingthecampus.org/2026/04/22/bio…

Ian Oxnevad and @macrotermiteman interview Gerald Schroeder on episode 2 of the @nasorg podcast series One Universe, Two Books. Schroeder is author of Genesis and the Big Bang. open.substack.com/pub/scottturne…

On the @NASorg podcast One Universe Two Books, Ian Oxnevad and @macrotermiteman interview Prof Gerald Schroeder, author of Genesis & the Big Bang. @DiscoveryCSC youtu.be/gv8WZGUZiOE

A few thoughts on heterodoxy, prompted by the troubles at University of Austin. What is heterodoxy, and how should it be promoted?, by @macrotermiteman open.substack.com/pub/scottturne…

What about NOMA?, by @macrotermiteman open.substack.com/pub/scottturne…

Next try, by @macrotermiteman open.substack.com/pub/scottturne…

Lifeboat ethics comes to higher ed? My @NASorg colleague David Randall on Florida’s Intellectual Lifeboats. @AcademicRenewal @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech jamesgmartin.center/2026/03/florid…

On the new @NASorg podcast series, we interview Nick Spencer of @Theosthinktank about his book Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion. Watch it now. @DiscoveryCSC @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech youtu.be/Z7IdrFyd_mw

The @NASorg series on science and religion, One Universe Two Books, debuts on Mon 3/23 4PM EDT. Our guest is Nick Spencer of @Theosthinktank author of Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion. @DiscoveryCSC youtu.be/Z7IdrFyd_mw

Will scientists throw off the shackles of the Big Science Cartel? My thoughts in The @DailyCaller Big Tent Ideas. @NASorg @mitfreespeech @CUFreeSpeech dailycaller.com/2026/03/11/opi…

The end of a radical experiment in science funding? Out today on Dorian Abbot's Heterodox STEM. @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech @NASorg hxstem.substack.com/p/rescuing-sci…

The revocation of the EPA's CO2 endangerment "finding" will not stop the climate mass mania. The zombie marches on at local and state levels. My latest @MindingCampus @NASorg @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech mindingthecampus.org/2026/03/06/the…

To academics worried about job security, the @NASorg has a solution, outlined in our report Rescuing Science. Organize into LLCs, like law firms, and become independent contractors rather than subordinate employees. @CUFreeSpeech @mitfreespeech nas.org/reports/rescui…