Type post Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science Miracles in Evolutionary Theory Science and Culture July 28, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 Any sufficiently advanced improbability is indistinguishable from a miracle. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, nature, News, Research, science An Orangutan “Speaks,” “Orates,” Engaging in “Conversation,” “Surprisingly Like Our Own”? David Klinghoffer July 28, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 A case study in science media hype. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Neuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Without Free Will There Is No Justice Michael Egnor July 28, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Of course Manson acolyte Leslie Van Houten chose to kill, just as millions of law-abiding people choose not to kill. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date July 27, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science, Undeniable (book) Now You Can Try Stylus, a Computer Model for Protein Evolution, for Yourself Ann Gauger July 27, 2016 Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 The model draws on an amazing insight of Douglas Axe, author of the newly released book Undeniable. Read More ›
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 ›
