Type post Author Granville Sewell Date July 27, 2016 CategoriesPaleontologyScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, "survival of the fittest", biodiversity, common descent, common design, convergence, human consciousness, methodological naturalism, missing links, paradigms Why Similarities Do Not Prove the Absence of Design Granville Sewell July 27, 2016 Paleontology, Scientific Reasoning 8 A future paleontologist would be puzzled by the huge differences between the bicycle and motor vehicle phyla, or between the boat and airplane phyla. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 27, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, cloning, Dolly the sheep, human cloning, legislation, reproductive cloning, somatic cell nuclear transfer Dolly Clones Pave the Way for Human Cloning Wesley J. Smith July 27, 2016 Bioethics 3 Some human cloning apologists say that "therapeutic cloning" is different from "reproductive cloning." That's false. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 27, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, determinism, free will, immaterial mind, immaterial powers, intellect, John Searle, naturalism More on John Searle and Free Will Michael Egnor July 27, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 4 A reader cites Searle's books Rationality in Action and Freedom and Neurobiology, contending that he is in fact a defender of free will. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Scientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Criminal Prosecution as a Cudgel Against Dissenters Wesley J. Smith July 26, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom 1 The Planned Parenthood prosecution of David Daleiden and a colleague was a particularly egregious example of this authoritarianism. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 26, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News, Politics In Praise of “Devout Catholics” David Klinghoffer July 26, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 1 Democratic VP pick Tim Kaine and Brown University biologist Ken Miller have this is common. Read More ›
Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date July 26, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGenetics Tagged , __tedited, degradative mutations, natural processes, natural selection, population genetics, presuppositions, probabilities, real world, realism, theoretical biology Scientific Inaccuracies, False Accusations: Concluding My Response to Joseph Felsenstein Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig July 26, 2016 Evolution, Genetics 13 Allow me, then, to introduce myself to Dr. Felsenstein. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 25, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, Douglas Axe, promotions, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition Douglas Axe — The Evolution of an Evolution Skeptic David Klinghoffer July 25, 2016 Intelligent Design 2 I'm always interested to ask people about their, as the case may be, intellectual, spiritual, or political evolution. Read More ›
Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date July 25, 2016 CategoriesBotanyEvolution Tagged , __tedited, adaptation, alleles, Darwinian mechanisms, diploidal genome, haploid, Joe Felsenstein, misrepresentation, mutation rate, natural selection, naturalists, Nature, non-random evolution, non-random mutation, population genetics, positive selection, random mutation, random processes, randomness, Response to Criticism, zoologists In Terror of Chipmunks: A Response to Joseph Felsenstein Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig July 25, 2016 Botany, Evolution 22 Seldom have I seen a piece of scientifically inspired writing like Felsenstein's that is so far off the mark. Read More ›
Type post Date July 25, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science Are Humans Magnetic? Science and Culture July 25, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 If turtles, fish, birds, and mammals can respond to the earth's magnetic field, why can't humans? Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 24, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, design intuition, intuitions, promotions, Undeniable (book) If You Could Get a Critic to Read Just One Book about Intelligent Design, It Might be Undeniable David Klinghoffer July 24, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 4 Dr. Axe's new book speaks to everyone, and who would know better than a NY Times bestselling novelist like Dean Koontz? Read More ›
