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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, BBC Television, brains, Chris Packham, Christians, dolphins, elephants, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetics, intelligence, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, mistakes, NOVA, ostrich, PBS, Peter Holland, Richard Buggs, schools, scientific method, scientists, sex, The Open University, United Kingdom, wildlife}

Tonight on NOVA: From “These Tiny Little Mistakes” — Evolution!

_{David Klinghoffer
October 14, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

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“Life continues to create itself,” “evolution is entirely built on these tiny little mistakes.” Read More ›

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Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __featured3, Aeon, Arizona, artificial inteligence, computer scientists, COSM 2026, David Hume, education, freedom, friendship, Hugging Face, human exceptionalism, Immanuel Kant, injustice, intelligence, large language models, machines, optimisation, philosophers, philosophy, Reality Check, reason, Sasha Mudd, Scottsdale}

With Our Exceptional Place in Nature, Human Reason Is Much More than Machine “Reason”

_{Science & Culture
October 13, 2026

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Skeptical Hume held that “Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions,” and can “never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.” Read More ›

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Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __featured2, academic publishers, Brian Nosek, Center for Open Science, Christopher J. Ferguson, data transparency, Elsevier, fraud, government, journals, open science movement, peer review, preregistration, promotions, psychology, Real Clear Investigations, researchers, Sage, social science, Springer Nature, Stetson University, Taylor & Francis, tenure, United States, University of Virginia, Wiley}

Improved Social Science? Don’t Laugh, It Could Happen

_{Science & Culture
October 13, 2026

Scientific Reasoning, Social Sciences

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The theme is not unfamiliar: neither the falsehood nor the reasons for it are news. But three efforts at reform are worth knowing about. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __featured1, Arthur M. Shapiro, C. S. Lewis Society, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Christian Leadership Ministries, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?, Darwinists, David L. Wilcox, David Raup, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Earl Warren, evolution, Field Museum, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Frederick Grinnell, Jesuit Campion Center, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, K. John Morrow Jr., Leslie K. Johnson, McLean v. Arkansas, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Owen Gingerich, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Peter van Inwagen, Phillip E. Johnson, Southern Methodist University, Spring Systematics Symposium, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Stephen Sternberg, Tacoma, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Sources of Information Content in DNA, Thomas E. Woodward, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Will Provine, William A. Dembski}

Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?

_{Stephen C. Meyer and William A. Dembski
October 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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On March 26–28, 1992, scientists and philosophers assembled at Southern Methodist University for an event whose title posed a provocative question. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Historical Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaeology, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, forensic science, historical sciences, information, information theory, informational resources, intelligence, intelligence metrics, intelligent design, My Personal History with Information (series), peer review, PowerPoint, probability, search, SETI, William Dembski}

Recent Work: A Theory of Intelligence Metrics

_{William A. Dembski
October 13, 2026

Historical Sciences, Intelligent Design

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"A standardized inferential method has emerged for SETI, archaeology, forensic science, and the historical sciences generally." Read More ›

Question and answer audience or crowd : Active participation Asian man raise hands to ask questions attending seminar in conference meeting and training

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, background knowledge, Big Bang, Big Mysteries Survey, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, Bruce Gordon, cosmology, fine-tuning, intelligent design, likelihoods, Matt Dillahunty, naturalism, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Piers Morgan Uncensored, probability theory, Richard Dawkins, spacetime, Stephen Meyer, surveys, theism, universe}

In Debate with Meyer, Matt Dillahunty Brandishes His “Surveys”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Maybe Dillahunty had consulted some other survey that morning, but a “show of hands” is certainly no ground for adjudicating matters of this nature. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bones, China, Daniel R. Storm, David J. Linden, evolution, human brain, injuries, intelligent design, kludge, mice, Nature Neuroscience, Nautilus, neuroscience, PIEZO1, pigs, shins, Southern Medical University, stem cells, strokes, The Accidental Mind, traumatic brain injuries, vesicles, Zachary S. Scheiner}

Book on “Brain Evolution” Hasn’t Aged Well

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The first problem they mention is magnified. We haven’t got anywhere near figuring out “how the brain works.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, advance directive, advance request, Belgium, bioethics, Canada, caregivers, crime, dementia, doctors, euthanasia, Global News, health care, killing, medical assistance in dying, mental illness, Netherlands, patients, suicide by self-starvation, termination}

In Canada, New Push for Euthanasia for People with Dementia

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 12, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Some are celebrating Canada’s government “indefinitely suspending” legalizing euthanasia for mental illness as a great victory for life. Not me. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, effective altruism, Elon Musk, Émile P. Torres, Epsilon Centauri, ethics, future, Future of Humanity Institute, human race, longtermism, Nick Bostrom, philosophy, posthumans, prophecy, religion, Sam Bankman-Fried, science fiction, technology, The Precipice, Toby Ord, Utopia, What We Owe the Future, William MacAskill}

As an Approach to Ethics, Longtermerism Makes No Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2026

Ethics, Technology

5}

Elon Musk, whose ambition for space colonies is legendary, has said, “This is a close match for my philosophy.” Read More ›

Archery woman bends bow archer target narrow

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, archer, arrow, BIO-Complexity, Biola University, Bruce L. Gordon, Church-Turing Thesis, Conservation of Information, Douglas Axe, Evangelical Philosophical Society, inequality, information theorems, intelligent design, John Bloom, Law of Conservation of Information, mathematics, My Personal History with Information (series), Robert J. Marks II, San Diego, search, The Design Inference, The Nature of Nature, Turing Machine, William A. Dembski, wind}

The Law of Conservation of Information

_{William A. Dembski
October 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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There are a lot of details here, and the result is nontrivial though the conservation of information inequality looks utterly elementary and straightforward. Read More ›