Author: Jonathan Wells

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, Animal Liberation, babies, birth canal, brain, developmental biology, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, Roman Catholic, Russia, tissue, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, mother, pain, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

10}

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 5, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", arthritis, automobile, biceps, chimpanzees, Columbia University, diet, DNA, evolution, exercise, feces, flat tire, flexibility, forearm, human body, intelligent design, stability, storytelling, tornado, zoos}

Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 5, 2024

Anatomy, Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

10}

Watch an acrobat performing on the parallel bars. Or a baseball player pitching a fastball. Or an athlete swimming the butterfly. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, retina, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
October 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

10}

Critics laughed at this, and Darwin removed it from later editions of his book, though he continued privately to believe it. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinism, evolution, funding, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), jobs, Karl Popper, natural selection, paradigm, Research, scientific revolutions, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theory, Thomas Kuhn, truth, unguided processes}

Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

_{Jonathan Wells
October 1, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Tech, Bryan Leonard, Caroline Crocker, Cassini mission, censorship, Darwinists, Dave Speijer, David Coppedge, evolution, free speech, George Mason University, Germany, government, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jonathan Wells, Nancy Bryson, Ohio State University, paradigms, religion, Roger DeHart, Saturn, scientific revolutions, Stuttgart, Thomas Kuhn}

Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

_{Jonathan Wells
September 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

6}

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Altenberg 16, evolution, Gerd Müller, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), James Shapiro, London, Massimo Pigliucci, neo-Darwinian theory, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Royal Society, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Vienna}

Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

_{Jonathan Wells
September 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

6}

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, American Astronomical Society, Darwinism, defining id, defining science, defining terms, definist fallacy, Enlightenment, evolution, fear mongering, gravity, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, materialism, Myth of the Dark Ages, naturalism, Nature (journal), peer review, pseudoscience, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
September 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

5}

Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›