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  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

  women: birth control and, 2, 5–6, 104–17, 140; Clarke and, 76–80, 89, 135–39, 226–27, 270n33, 270n40; depression and, 2, 5–6, 104–17, 140; estrogen and, 113, 117, 125; eugenics and, 78, 88, 91, 93, 95, 100–101; fertility and, 5, 76–77, 135; gynecologists and, 111, 128, 250; higher education for, 76–80, 135, 138, 226, 270n40; inclusion and, 14, 51, 59; Limited Energy Theory and, 5, 7, 76–80, 89, 95, 128, 136, 249, 264n97, 270n40, 273n78; menstruation and, 78–80; mood changes and, 107, 109, 112, 114. See also feminism

  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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