Tag: authority

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, arguments, authority, bioscientists, cosmic fine-tuning, discoveries, evidence, ID the Future, initial conditions, intelligent design, life, materialism, materialistic mindset, methodological naturalism, Michael Kent, natural constants, naturalism, origin of life, podcast, scientific authorities, truth, unguided process, universe, worldview}

Don’t Let Scientific Elites Settle the Question of Design in Nature for You

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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When it comes to science, many people don’t take the time to learn the evidence and arguments directly. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authority, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge, COVID-19, culture, denial, England, John West, lockdowns, pandemic, scientism, United States, worship}

John West: How C. S. Lewis Anticipated Our Experience of Scientism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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I was shocked during Covid by the way healthy respect for science shaded rapidly into cowering submission and unquestioning scientistic worship of authority. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, authority, carbon, climate change, criminality, Extinction Rebellion, fossil fuels, human thriving, ideology, Nature (journal), objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, traffic, trust}

As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2023

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Physical Sciences

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The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer's remarkable screed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, authority, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Commentary, Darwinians, Darwinism, David Berlinski, doctors, evolution, eye, finch beaks, Galápagos Islands, heart, intelligence, intelligent design, Jay W. Richards, M.-P. Schützenberger, materialism, medicine, natural selection, peppered moth, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, pilot fish, random variations, Religion & Liberty, René Thom, Science After Babel, The Deniable Darwin, Tower of Babel}

Jay Richards on Babel, Berlinski, and “Science After Darwin”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Something really came undone in the Covid era. Now, the phrase “science says” or “doctors say” prompts a smirk from about half the population. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, authority, Brian Miller, citation bluffing, Dave Farina, debates, DNA polymerase, Eric Anderson, evolution, Gerald Joyce, ID the Future, James Tour, Long Story Short, Nature Chemistry, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, polymerization, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, replication, Return of the God Hypothesis, ribozyme, Rice University, RNA, Robert Stadler, sarcasm, Stephen Meyer, Steve Benner, YouTube videos}

Exposing Professor Dave’s Playground Tactics and Citation Bluffing Blitz

_{Casey Luskin
May 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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It’s true that sometimes it can be hard to tell that serious problems remain unsolved until you drill down into the scientific details. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Arjuna, authority, Big Bang, consciousness, David Papineau, Hinduism, King’s College London, magic, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic dualism, Thomistic philosophy}

Egnor Debates Materialism with Philosopher of Science David Papineau

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Egnor: “Do you want me to explain Thomistic dualism to you?...David, do you not know how St. Thomas explained intentionality?” Papineau: “Uh, no.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animals, authority, Canada, cats, Charles Darwin, Christmas, COVID-19, Denmark, Dogs, experts, Great Reset, humans, intelligent design, Justin Trudeau, mammals, On the Origin of Species, pandemic, public health, quarantine, technocracy, Thanksgiving, The Descent of Man, Wesley Smith, World Economic Forum, worship}

Thanksgiving in the Light of Darwin’s Vision

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2020

Bioethics

4}

I first heard of what’s being called a Great Reset just a couple of weeks ago. It sounded like a conspiracy theory, but it’s far from that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, academia, academic freedom, assisted suicide, atheism, authority, Brian Miller, Caroline Crocker, Charles Marshall, Commentary, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan Brown, Darwinism, David Coppedge, David Gelernter, Douglas Axe, Edmond Kirsch, Energy, Eric Hedin, fluctuation theorems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Günter Bechly, Harold Morowitz, Inference (journal), intelligent design, James Tour, Jeremy England, Justin Brierly, Keith Fox, Lee Cronin, Martin Gaskell, MIT, neighbors, Orthodox Jews, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, second of law thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Unbelievable, unemployment, University of Glasgow, University of Southampton}

Courage, Courtesy, and the Origin of Life — Congratulations to Physicist Jeremy England

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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As Yale’s David Gelernter has said of Darwinism, to challenge it is to “take your life in your hands.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2020

Categories
Arts
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, authority, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, creativity, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, economic collapse, entertainment, history, mask, medical science, Michael Egnor, music, pandemic, Pfizer Inc., Politics, religion, Rich Lowry, Robert J. Marks II, scientism, social distancing, Wesley Smith, worship, Wuhan}

From Pfizer, Scientism and Self-Congratulation

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2020

Arts, Medicine, Philosophy

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Amidst a controversial national lockdown, economic ruin, and mounting intelligence evidence pointing to an origin in a Chinese lab, the coronavirus has reminded us of a number of things. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, authority, dogmatism, experimentation, Medieval Europe, Medieval science, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, natural philosophy, prejudices, Roger Bacon, science, secularists, Unbelievable, universities}

“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›