Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 17, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, creationism, critics, hype, John Horgan, multiverse theory, peer-reviewed, pseudoscience, science journalism, Scientific American, simulation, skepticism, skeptics, straw man, string theory, tribal affiliation Two Kinds of Science “Skepticism” David Klinghoffer May 17, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 5 Science journalist John Horgan makes the great distinction between skepticism directed at "soft" versus "hard" targets. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 16, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, common descent, insults, Response to Criticism, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific credibility, scientific debate, theistic evolution, trust in scientists Advice to a Theistic Evolutionist David Klinghoffer May 16, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 5 Joshua Swamidass is a reputable scientist at Washington University, a passionate Christian speaking to other passionate Christians. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 16, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, animal personhood, animal rights, anti-human exceptionalism, bioethics, consciousness, feelings, fish, pets Now They Say We Shouldn’t Eat Fish! Wesley J. Smith May 16, 2016 Bioethics 3 Right, leave all that nutritious food for the seals, sharks, and barracudas. Read More ›
Type post Author John G. West Date May 14, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsIntelligent Design Tagged , __error-page, __tedited, anti-science, censorship, common descent, intolerance, Overruling Intelligence, viewpoint diversity Debating Common Ancestry John G. West May 14, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design 2 Intelligent design is not incompatible with the idea that living things share a common ancestor. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 13, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, assumptions, common descent, Cornelius Hunter, empirical evidence, misrepresentation, S. Joshua Swamidass, science and faith, scientific debate, scientific reasoning, theology, V.J. Torley Of Tree Rings and Humans David Klinghoffer May 13, 2016 Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning 8 "Let us imagine that God creates a fully grown tree today, and places it in a forest." Read More ›
Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date May 13, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, ad hominem, chimp genome, common descent, creationism, criticisms, egg laying, forensic science, genetic similarities, human origins, misrepresentation, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific debate, scientific reasoning, straw man, theologians, V.J. Torley, Warfare Thesis One Long Argument — Responding to VJ Torley on Human-Ape Common Descent Cornelius Hunter May 13, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology 5 At Uncommon Descent, Torley has analyzed my criticism of S. Joshua Swamidass's recent article, "Evidence and Evolution." Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & ScienceSociology Tagged , __tedited, atheism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, human exceptionalism, human life, Paul Johnson, Peter Singer, purpose, Richard Weikart, secular culture, self-awareness, Social Darwinism, Susan Blackmore Debating Weikart, Peter Singer and Susan Blackmore Omit Atheism’s Glaring Contradictions Michael Flannery May 12, 2016 Bioethics, Faith & Science, Sociology 2 I find troubling Singer's barometer of human worth -- tied to self-awareness -- leading as it does to dangerous nonsense. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, argument, atheism, biases, bioethics, candor, censorship, debate, dialogue, evolutionary assumptions, extrapolation, Justin Brierley, meaning, metaethics, morality, opinions, Peter Singer, purpose, Richard Weikart, suffering In a Debate with Peter Singer, Richard Weikart Drills Down to the Bottom of Atheist Ethics David Klinghoffer May 12, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy 3 Just when you are thinking regretfully about how our critics flee from a fair fight on relevant issues, along comes bioethicist Dr. Singer. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Behe Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, adaptive mutations, Barry Hall, citrate, contingency, dishonesty, E. coli, Elizabeth Pennisi, epigenetic change, genetic changes, hype, loss-of-function mutations, LTEE, media, motivated reasoning, peer review, public opinion, Richard Lenski, science journalism, Science News, science reporting, Scott Minnich, speciation Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated Michael Behe May 12, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Science Reporting 8 For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 11, 2016 CategoriesEpistemologyEvolutionScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, Donald Hoffman, modern science, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, objectivity, perception, reasoning, scientific advance, self-reference, survival of the fittest, truth Evolution May Obscure Reality, Says a Cognitive Scientist and Evolutionist Sarah Chaffee May 11, 2016 Epistemology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning 7 Purely naturalistic neo-Darwinism is self-defeating in its illogic. The consequences of this truth are far-reaching. Read More ›
