Category: Scientific Reasoning

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, atheism, Atheists for Liberty, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Charles Townes, Colin Wright, cosmic designer, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, demarcation criteria, embryo, evolution, faith and science, historical sciences, immaterial genome, intelligence, intelligent design, junk DNA, Manhattan Institute, material genome, New Atheists, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, prejudice, question-begging, Richard Sternberg, scientific disciplines, scientific hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, suicide}

No. 5 Story for 2025: Richard Dawkins Says Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
December 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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"I think that the hypothesis of theism is the most exciting scientific hypothesis you could possibly hold." Read More ›

Stack of educational journals and research articles High quality images

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 18, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amicus brief, Annalen der Physik, BioLogos, Cambridge University Press, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., De Revolutionibus, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Francis Collins, Hans Krebs, Harmut Michel, intelligent design, Iowa State University, John Angus Campbell, Juan Miguel Campanario, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael J. Berridge, mutations, Nobel Prize, Of Pandas and People, Origin of Species, peer-reviewed journals, peer-reviewed publications, peer-reviewed research, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, protein science, Robert H. Michell, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, The Design Inference, type III secretion system}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 3, “Intelligent Design Has No Peer-Reviewed Publications”

_{Casey Luskin
December 18, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Reasoning

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Unfortunately, Judge Jones got this simple question exactly wrong, giving life to a myth. This alone speaks volumes about his ruling. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, blood clots, Bradley Monton, Darwin’s Black Box, David Berlinski, dualism, education, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Judge John E. Jones, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Laurence Moran, Manyuan Long, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education, peer-reviewed publications, puffer fish, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Ten Myths About Dover, The Origin of Species, Tyler Hampton, University of Kentucky, William Dembski, word salad}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 4, “The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design”

_{Casey Luskin
December 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Reasoning

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Expert witnesses like biochemist Michael Behe and microbiologist Scott Minnich testified about how irreducible complexity makes a positive case for design. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Biology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Ambrose Bierce, biology, Carl Woese, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, dualism, dualisms, Erwin Schrödinger, Essays on Life Itself, function, gravitation, Inertia, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, language, Life Itself, Mass, Michael Behe, molecular biologists, natural selection, phenotype, physics, randomness, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, structure, structure-function relationships, The Devil's Dictionary, What Is Life?}

In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 2, 2025

Biology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›

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Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __trending, Anna Stilz, Brooklyn, deceit, defamation, Elsevier, fraud, Mike Rossner, oversight, paper mills, peer review, Philosophy & Public Affairs, publish or perish, Real Clear Investigations, research integrity officers, reviewers, Sage, secrecy, Springer Nature, taxpayers, Taylor & Francis, UC Berkeley, Vince Bielke, Wiley}

What a Declining System Looks Like: Fraud Crisis in Science Grows

_{Science and Culture
November 24, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Reasoning

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Profits are artificially maintained by tax dollars so sinking quality does not send the alarm signals it would otherwise. Read More ›

A symbolic visual of two scales, one side tipped heavily, surrounded by stormy clouds and sparks, representing the tension of a fierce debate

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, cancellation, chess, Darwinian evolution, domain name, Epictetus, evidence, evolution, intelligent design, interviews, Jacob Vasquez, OverwhelmingEvidence.com, podcast, Research, Richard Dawkins, Stoic philosophers, The Design Inference, Truthful Hope, UnderwhelmingEvidence.com, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, writing}

Dembski Has Fun with Evolution’s “Overwhelming Evidence”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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From Richard Dawkins and the like, William Dembski has heard the phrase many, many times. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, chimps, Christine Webb, crows, fungi, Harvard Science Book Talk, humans, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, Marc Bekoff, misgendering, New Scientist, New York Times, New York University, octopuses, plants, prairie dogs, Psychology Today, songbirds, The Arrogant Ape, tools, William Egginton}

On New Book, Elite Opinion Cuts Loose from Reality

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Scientific Reasoning

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All these intellectual worthies, in deadly earnest virtue, choose to miss the point. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, bias, DEI, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, litmus tests, medicine, Nature (journal), Nature Portfolio, Nature Reviews Psychology, objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, reform, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism}

With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2025

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Read More ›

Natural Selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype, text concept button on keyboard

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, agnosticism, Alexander von Humboldt, Artificial Selection, breeders, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Dov Ospovat, Edward Bouverie Pusey, English, fossil record, George Eliot, HMS Beagle, livestock, metaphors, natural selection, naturalists, Naturphilosophie, Origin of Species, paleobiologists, physiology, Quarterly Review, Richard Owen, Samuel Wilberforce, terminology, theology, Victorian England, world spirit}

What’s in a Name? Darwin’s Confusing Terminology

_{Neil Thomas
November 17, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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In the English language prior to Darwin, “natural selection” was a term used by those who reared animals to denote nature’s serendipity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, arguments, authority, bioscientists, cosmic fine-tuning, discoveries, evidence, ID the Future, initial conditions, intelligent design, life, materialism, materialistic mindset, methodological naturalism, Michael Kent, natural constants, naturalism, origin of life, podcast, scientific authorities, truth, unguided process, universe, worldview}

Don’t Let Scientific Elites Settle the Question of Design in Nature for You

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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When it comes to science, many people don’t take the time to learn the evidence and arguments directly. Read More ›