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 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 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 ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted suicide, culture of death, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, Hippocratic Oath, legislation, palliative care Culture of Death Brings Tyranny to Vermont Wesley J. Smith July 21, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Authorities in the state require doctors to counsel terminally ill patients on receiving assisted suicide. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, argument from authority, design intuition, feelings, logical fallacies, persuasion, public opinion, scientific debate, skepticism, tribalism, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book) Scientists Aren’t Exempt from Feelings, Any More Than the Public Is David Klinghoffer July 21, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 6 And no, that's not entirely a bad thing. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, computational reductionism, determinism, empiricism, free will, human mind, immaterial reality, John Searle, metaphysics, mind-brain problem, suppressed evidence John Searle on Free Will Michael Egnor July 21, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Modern philosophy of mind is a focused effort to deny human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 20, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, conscious experience, Jerry Coyne, meaning, thoughts Atheist Philosopher Thinks “We Never Have Direct Access To Our Thoughts” Michael Egnor July 20, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 4 Materialist theories of the mind border on the insane. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 19, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophy of Science Tagged , __tedited, ethicists, eugenics, relativism, scientism, scientocracy, Social Darwinism Yes, There Can Be Science Without Scientism, and Without Relativism Sarah Chaffee July 19, 2016 Philosophy of Science 4 Can we reject the confines of pure materialism without rejecting the information-value of data? Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 19, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal intelligence, grammar, human intelligence, language, learning, signals Here’s How We Could Know if Animals Use Language Michael Egnor July 19, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 4 Perhaps, some critics will argue, animals have language that we haven't detected. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 18, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, design intuition, scientific credibility, scientists, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book) More Scientists Praise Douglas Axe’s Undeniable David Klinghoffer July 18, 2016 Intelligent Design 3 One of the refreshing things about Dr. Axe's new book is his confession that you don't have to take his word for any of it. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 18, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal Are Birdsongs Language? Michael Egnor July 18, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 7 Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›
