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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2026

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Medicine
Technology
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, atrial fibrillation, confidence, database, Eric Anderson, evidence, headlines, medical claims, medical world, patients, rigor, Science News, scientific claims}

High Confidence? Low Confidence? Six Criteria for Science Claims

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March 17, 2026

Medicine, Technology

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To illustrate the difference between high and low confidence science, Rob Stadler shares a humbling story from his career in medical devices. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 12, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physics
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, astrology, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, Christian Church, Christianity, determinism, early Christian thinkers, evidence, Greek philosophies, heavens, ID the Future, immutability, intellectual humility, intelligent design, modern science, morality, original sources, podcast, science and faith, scientific consensus, scientific theories, Scripture, software engineers, theology, Winston Ewert}

Historical Reasoning, Modern Science: A Conversation with Winston Ewert

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 12, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physics

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Dr. Ewert and I dive into the rich history of how early Christian thinkers engaged with the scientific consensus of their time. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 10, 2026

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Faith & Science
History of Science
Philosophy
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, ancient philosophies, Center for Science and Culture, Christian thinkers, Christianity, data, discovery, early church, Epicureanism, faith, faith and science, history of science, ID the Future, intelligent design, modern science, philosophy, reason, science, scientific debates, scientific revolution, software engineers, technology, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge}

Science Before the Scientific Revolution: What Can We Learn from It?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 10, 2026

Faith & Science, History of Science, Philosophy

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Ancient and medieval thinkers possessed impressive reasoning powers despite lacking modern technology and data. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, brain, Darwinian evolution, David Coppedge, electrical signals, engineering, foresight, GUT, healing, homeostasis, information exchange, internal dialogue, interoception, Irreducible Complexity, organs, pathogens, Piezo proteins, proprioception, receptors, second brain, system of systems}

Discovering Interoception, the Body’s Internal Dialogue

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 3, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The coordinated information exchange and irreducible complexity required for these systems to function suggest foresight and engineering. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
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, abrupt appearance, ancestors, bedtime story, blood circulation, cells, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, heart, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, missing link, okapi, Samotherium major, taxon, transitional fossils, variations, vertebrae, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 28, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

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The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
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, common descent, common design, environmental shifts, evolutionary lineage, evolutionary sequence, fossil record, geneticists, geological evidence, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, ID the Future, intermediates, Neo-Darwinism, Samotherium major, silos, stasis, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Giraffes and the Fossil Record: Bad News for Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig highlights the discrepancies in the fossil record that cause the traditional Darwinian narrative to unravel. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 20, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, Darwinian expectations, engineering, evolution, eye, habitats, ID the Future, intelligent design, lab coats, locomotion, middle ear, nervous system, origins, Richard Dawkins, scientific theories, structures, systems, theories of origins, Ultimate Engineering, wrist joint}

Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 20, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 17, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, accidents, biological mechanisms, biomechanics, Darwinian evolution, ear, engineering, European Space Agency, evolution, human body, human joints, ID the Future, intelligent design, joints, mechanical engineers, mouth, podcast, satellites, skepticism, Stuart Burgess, throat, Ultimate Engineering}

Is Biology Intelligently Engineered? Ask an Engineer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 17, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Stuart Burgess shares his experiences navigating academic skepticism, noting that many biologists are forthcoming in expressing doubts about macroevolution. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, beta-lactamase, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, cookies, design intuition, Douglas Axe, dragonflies, England, enzymes, ID the Future, mutation, peer-reviewed research, philosophers, podcasts, protein scientists, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, theophobes, Undeniable (book)}

Axe and Luskin on the Design Intuition and Its Critics

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 14, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The numbers don’t lie. So why do so many academic biologists and other scholars resist the design implications of Axe’s research? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, biological complexity, designers, designs, engineering, engineers, evolution, evolutionary theory, human body, ID the Future, intelligent cause, intelligent design, mindless processes, naturalism, optimal engineering, podcast, researchers, scientific evidence, Stuart Burgess, trade-offs, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol}

Introducing Ultimate Engineering: A Conversation with Stuart Burgess

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 11, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary theory, unlike intelligent design, predicts a living world crowded with substandard designs. Read More ›