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Date
January 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, assumptions, bioRxiv, Darwinian theory, diversification, fossil record, intelligent design, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, University of British Columbia, University of Oregon}

Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained

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January 12, 2021

Evolution

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Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, assumptions, chance, Darwinism, deduction, evolution, Hans Vodder, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, Michael Behe, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable

_{Douglas Axe
December 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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For theists to eschew the claim that life is designed is puzzling, because nothing seems to force them to adopt that counterintuitive stance. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, assumptions, human beings, human dignity, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, methodological naturalism, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, Rabbi Moshe Averick, scientists, Stephen Hawking}

Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham

_{David Klinghoffer
September 20, 2018

Evolution, Philosophy, Technology

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Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, Racism, religion, scientific racism, scientists, Steven Pinker, The Descent of Man}

On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

_{Richard Weikart
February 26, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Psychology

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Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 24, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __tedited, assumptions, egg laying, exaptation, functional sequences, functionality, genetic similarities, junk DNA, pseudogenes, sequence alignment, synteny, vitellogenin}

The Vitellogenin Pseudogene Story: Unequally Yolked

_{Ann Gauger
May 24, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 13, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific 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

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"Let us imagine that God creates a fully grown tree today, and places it in a forest." Read More ›