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Methodological Naturalism as Religion in Disguise

If the data points to outcomes that natural causes can't explain, then ruling out supernatural causes is not scientific humility — it’s religious dogma. Read More ›
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Remembering John Calvert, a Bulldog for Objective Scientific Education

Calvert's tenacious commitment to seeing origins science taught objectively in public schools serves as a courageous example. Read More ›
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Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies. Read More ›
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Dembski and Ruse Look Back on 20 Years of Debate — And a Special Anniversary

The protest about the “spectre of intelligent design” was telling. When critics start talking that way, you can’t help wondering if ID is onto something. Read More ›
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Latest from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain Is an Amazon #1 New Release

Congratulations to the editors, Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, and Robert J. Marks! Read More ›
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C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Read More ›
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Why C. S. Lewis Rejected the “Argument from Undesign”

One contribution Lewis made to the intelligent design project wasn’t a specific argument but the example he set. Read More ›
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On Intelligent Design, an Italian Philosophy Journal Takes a Step in the Right Direction

Earlier today we saw that philosopher Subrena E. Smith levied a harsh critique of evolutionary psychology. Read More ›
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Second Verse Same as the First: Practice Science, Follow the Evidence Where it Leads

I might have titled this post, “Eastern Mystics Join Western Fundamentalist Conspiracy,” except that there are those out there that would howl to the highest that I had finally admitted we are fundamentalists with a secret conspiracy. (First, I’m fundamentally not a fundamentalist, and the so-called “secret conspiracy” is neither secret nor a conspiracy.) Instead, I have a title that neatly sums up the point made in the Asian Tribune today, titled Is our evolving universe an intelligent design?, by essayist Vasantha Raja. It is an excellent article in which Raja shows that following the evidence where it leads isn’t a fundamentalist conspiracy to convert the world in whichever direction at all, it is rather what the scientific method should Read More ›

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Who Wrote Richard Dawkins’s New book?

Dawkins is finding it hard to live out his worldview with consistency. It is just plain hard to act as though one does not possess agency. Read More ›

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