Author: Elizabeth Whately

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
December 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, collective unconscious, combinatorial problem, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jonathan Van Maren, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

#7 Story of 2021: Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
December 26, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
September 21, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, benzene, Bob Hope, Canadians, cancer, comedy, God Hypothesis, intuition, jokes, Leo Tolstoy, leukemia, moth, murder, North America, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Saturday Night Live, scientists}

Norm Macdonald’s God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
September 21, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Norm casually took on the entire scientific community for “refusing to explore” what he considered the “fundamental question” of God’s existence. Read More ›

DNA strands on Scientific background. 3d illusation .

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
September 8, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abortion, eugenics, heartbeat, Richard Hanania}

“Unworthy lives”: Sophie Scholl vs. Richard Hanania

_{Elizabeth Whately
September 8, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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"Eugenics" was trending last week, and it was all thanks to one tweet. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 16, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, background knowledge, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Miller, evolution, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, James Tour, knowledge, Mars, monolith, Moon, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 16, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy

6}

Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 15, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, collective unconscious, combinatorial problem, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jonathan Van Maren, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, naturalism, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 15, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, aliens, background knowledge, car break-in, debate, Fran Lebowitz, inference to the best explanation, James Croft, motives, philosophers, reductio ad absurdum, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Substack, William A. Dembski}

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 13, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

6}

I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, earthquakes, evolution, First Cause, floods, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, James Croft, mind, naturalism, omnipotence, Prime Mover, programming, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, uniformitarianism}

Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 9, 2021

Biology, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Stephen Meyer has aligned himself in spirit with the geologist Charles Lyell, who explained geological features “by reference to causes now in operation." Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, car break-in, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, Fran Lebowitz, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, Michael Scriven, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack}

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 6, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, Bayesian reasoning, computer code, David Berlinski, David Glass, deductive proof, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Croft, likelihood ratio, philosophers, probability, probability bound, Return of the God Hypothesis, St. Louis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, syllogism, Unbelievable, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, beauty, Carl Jung, Holocaust, hydrogen, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, john lennox, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, leprosy, Michael Shermer, myths, physicists, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sam Harris, scientific method, scientific revolution, scientism, Stephen Meyer}

Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 30, 2021

Faith & Science, Psychology

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There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this. Read More ›