Tuve, Merle, 169–70
Tyson, Charlie, 263n91
ultraviolet (UV) light, 252–54, 295n17
under-determination, 10, 32–39, 43, 190
United Nations, 17, 148, 226
US Geological Survey, 69
US National Academy of Sciences, 19, 59, 146, 233
utility, 19, 150–52, 218
Vaccination Act, 218
vaccinations: autism and, 15, 63, 108, 129, 154, 275n114; Carson and, 15; celebrities and, 16; compulsory, 224; confusion over risks of, 15–16; conscience and, 218; consensus and, 218; delaying, 16; Denmark and, 107–8; dissent against, 6; effectiveness of, 1–2; epistemologies and, 170, 175, 179; evidence and, 275n114; noncompliance and, 218; parents and, 16, 129, 218, 224, 245; Pence and, 16; preventable diseases and, 16; rejection of, 16, 63, 218, 257n1; reliable knowledge and, 129, 219; religion and, 63; safety of, 15–16, 69, 129, 275n109; Salk, 170; smallpox, 218; social consequences and, 18; Trump and, 15–16, 71; values and, 154
values: American lifestyle and, 148; asymmetry of application and, 138; biology and, 152; chemical weapons and, 166–67, 169, 177; climate change and, 148, 153–58, 282n23; conscience clause and, 218; diversity and, 156–58; economic issues and, 147–51; environmentalists and, 8; ethics and, 10, 44, 61, 124, 143, 145, 158, 193, 196–200, 227–28, 265n117, 287n5; evidence and, 6, 8, 65, 121, 127–28, 145, 153–54, 192; evolution and, 148–49; experts and, 149; falsehoods and, 152–53, 156–58, 282n23; God and, 148, 152, 156, 158; innovation and, 208–9; Limited Energy Theory and, 136; misapplication of theory and, 138; moral issues and, 7 (see also moral issues); neutrality and, 8, 10–11, 149–55, 200, 227, 283n28; oceanography and, 151; policy assessments and, 147, 192–93, 196–201; pragmatism and, 10, 197–98; productivity and, 208; Puritans and, 151; purity and, 9, 11, 150, 168, 198, 215, 284n10; reliable knowledge and, 136–38; religion and, 2, 7, 147–50, 155–58, 167, 258n12; Republicans and, 148–49, 153, 155; scientific method and, 149; scientific virtue and, 167; skepticism and, 148, 153, 157; statistics and, 211; Tanner Lectures and, 2, 13, 245, 271n41; Ten Commandments and, 156–57; truth and, 151; vaccinations and, 154
verbal overshadowing, 203
verification, 3, 24–27, 40
Vienna Circle, 24, 25, 32, 39
Vietnam War, 172
Vitamin D, 251, 254–55, 295n17
von Braun, Werner, 61
voodoo correlations, 204
Wall Street Journal, 132, 140
Wang, Amy B., 169–71
warfare, 9, 147, 151, 167, 177, 216
water, 165, 237
weapons, 166–70, 177, 179, 216
weather, 1, 15, 116, 140, 152
Wegener, Alfred, 81–82, 86–87, 139, 146, 261n53
Weinberg, Steven, 263n88, 269n19
Weller, Richard B., 250–53
Werner, Abraham, 83
“When Contact Changes Minds” (Science), 205
Whitehead, A. N., 259n30
“Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” (Ioannidis), 207
Willis, Bailey, 82–84
Wisdom of Solomon, 158
World Health Organization (WHO), 109
World War I, 166, 285n22
World War II, 88, 166, 280n203, 285n22
WRVO, 119
Wynne, Brian, 142–43, 279n192
Zammito, John, 45–46, 262n70
Zimbardo, Phil, 204
Zoloft, 114
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