Tag: assumptions

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
June 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, aeons, assumptions, Bars-Steinhardt-Turok model, black holes, Boltzmann brain, bouncing cosmologies, concentric low-variance circles, conformal cyclic cosmology, consciousness, cosmic microwave background, cyclic cosmologies, dark matter, de Sitter horizon entropy, disorder, Douglas Scott, Edward Tryon, entropy, erebon, fine-tuning, gravitational wave epoch, Hawking radiation, intelligent cause, Mount Everest, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Roger Penrose, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Tod equations, trilemma, universe, Weyl Curvature Hypothesis}

Fantasy in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

_{Bruce Gordon
June 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

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Penrose was right, then, that fashion, faith, and fantasy have led much of modern cosmology astray. He was more right than he knew. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
May 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, assumptions, asteroids, bias, confidence, evidence, experiments, Gerald Joyce, investigator intervention, James Tour, Long Story Short, meteors, methodological naturalism, Miller-Urey experiment, murder, natural causes, natural processes, naturalism, origin of life, polymerase, repeatability, researchers, ribozyme, RNA, Science and Culture Today, scientists, self-replicating molecules, Sol Spiegelman, suicide, tabloids, water droplets}

Applying Scientific Method to the Origin of Life Yields Shaky Results

_{Rob Stadler
May 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Scientists are not, or should not be, tabloid headline writers. They should only make claims that are strongly supported by evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
March 17, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, assumptions, background information, Bayes factor, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian confirmation theory, Bayesian reasoning, Clark Glymour, confidence, denominators, Dutch book argument, epistemic probabilities, evidence, fine-tuning, fine-tuning argument, general relativity, General Theory of Relativity, hypothesis, likelihood, likelihood ratio, marginal probability, mental state, Mercury, naturalism, Nevin Climenhaga, normalization factor, panpsychism, pantheism, posterior probability, prior probability, probabilities, psychological states, Sean Carroll, subjectivism, subjectivist Bayesianism, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series), theism, universe}

Bayesian Methodology and the Fine-Tuning Argument

_{Bruce Gordon
March 17, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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To use Clark Glymour’s example, Einstein's general theory of relativity explained the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, assumptions, Bill Nye, common ancestor, common ancestry, confidence, designers, evidence, evolution, fossil record, hedging, homology, intelligent design, lifeforms, phylogenetic trees, prospective study, repeatability, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, vertebrate skeleton, vertebrates, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series)}

When Can I Trust Scientists About Evolution?

_{Rob Stadler
February 3, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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The most commonly cited areas of evidence in favor of common ancestry include the fossil record and homology. Read More ›

Diverse group of professional scientists talking at the lab

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, amplification, assumptions, atrial fibrillation, bias, claims, clinical trials, confidence, doctors, evidence, evolution, extrapolation, heart rhythm, medical guidelines, medication, medicine, outcomes, patients, proof, prospective study, regulatory bodies, repeatability, retrospective observational study, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series)}

When Can I Trust What Scientists Say?

_{Rob Stadler
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Claims are based on evidence, and different kinds and quantities of evidence provide different levels of confidence. Read More ›

Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, biology, Casey Luskin, complex biological features, cosmic fine-tuning, DNA, Elon Musk, epigenetics, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary models, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, orphan genes, peer-reviewed literature, population genetics, predictions, Research, Salvo Magazine, sugar code, Terrell Clemmons, Third Way of Evolution, Tree of Life}

Luskin: The State of the Intelligent Design Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Terrell Clemmons asked, "Where have you seen the ID movement make strides?" This is some of the material that I wish someone would share with Elon Musk. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, assumptions, bank account, brain, chimpanzee genome, Chronicles Magazine, consciousness, human mind, John Zmirak, materialism, materialists, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgery, Reductionism, Roman Catholics, science, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, cosmos, Daniel Dennett, earth, Jay Richards, materialism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, purposelessness, science, Science Uprising, scientific materialism}

Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

_{Emily Sandico
November 12, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, assumptions, Cambridge University, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, Dave Farina, early Earth, experiments, James Tour, John Sutherland, podcast, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner}

Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate

_{Brian Miller
July 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions. Read More ›

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Date
April 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, assumptions, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evidence, intelligent design, natural world, optimality, predictions, purpose, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology, tools}

Is a New Design-Based Paradigm of Biology Emerging?

_{Science & Culture
April 14, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Brian Miller reports that optimality is becoming a tool of prediction in biology, with more biologists returning to the use of design-based assumptions. Read More ›