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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amphibians, Avalon explosion, Bayesian reasoning, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, cattle, cetaceans, chimpanzees, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Genesis, gorilla, great apes, Homo sapiens, horse, humans, hybridization, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, marine iguanas, reptiles, whale evolution}

Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Darwinists

_{Günter Bechly
April 25, 2022

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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I consider this simple argument as a final nail in the coffin of Darwinian unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, agnostics, atheism, Bayesian reasoning, Christianity, complex specified information, enzymes, improbability, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, macromolecules, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Randy Isaac, RNA world, self-replication, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates his Faith-Based Approach to Science

_{Brian Miller
December 14, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Members of the evolutionary community believe that philosophical commitments supersede evidence and reason. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 16, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Miller, evolution, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, James Tour, knowledge, Mars, Moon, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

_{Bethel McGrew
August 16, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack}

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

_{Bethel McGrew
August 6, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, Bayesian reasoning, computer code, David Berlinski, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Croft, likelihood ratio, philosophers, probability, Return of the God Hypothesis, St. Louis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, syllogism, Unbelievable, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
August 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2021

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Big Bang, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, intelligent design, methodological materialism, multiverse, Pat Flynn, predictions, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Meyer: The Multiverse, Bayesian Probability Calculus, and More

_{Science & Culture
June 23, 2021

Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

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Pat Flynn and Stephen Meyer also discuss the beginning of the universe, the multiverse, and specific scientific predictions that ID thinking has motivated. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Bayesian reasoning, Communist Party, conservatism, Darwinian evolution, elections, free speech, Harvey Mudd College, intelligent design, polarization, scientists, social media}

“Castro Consensus”: Scientific Paper Takes a Fresh Look at Scientific Agreement

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2020

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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Evolutionary orthodoxy is maintained by a “Castro Consensus.” This makes the Darwinian consensus questionable and in need of re-examination. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 17, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, Columbia University, computer simulation, David Kipping, Douglas Axe, evolution, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Egnor, Nobel Prize, rain, Scientific American, Twitter}

ID by Another Name? Astronomer Says 50 Percent Chance We’re Living in Computer Simulation

_{David Klinghoffer
October 17, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Of course, an 80 percent chance that we live in an intelligently design world compares favorably with only a 50 percent chance. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayes’ Theorem, Bayesian reasoning, belief, biological design, designer, evidence, Evolution News, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Life Sciences, Lydia McGrew, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, suboptimality}

The Advantages of a Bayesian Approach to ID

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Lydia McGrew gives the analogy that there is always a possibility that prehistoric civilizations did not have the ability or desire to make arrowheads. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Bayesian reasoning, BIO-Complexity, Brian Miller, calculations, Charles Darwin, complexity, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, data, dependency graph, entropy, evolution, fundamentalism, genes, genome, intelligent design, National Center for Biotechnology Information, parsimony, software, Thomas Bayes, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert}

The Dependency Graph Hypothesis — How It Is Inferred

_{Science & Culture
July 23, 2018

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Ewert proposes that life is best explained not by Darwin’s hypothesis of an ancestry tree, but by a modern design-inspired hypothesis. Read More ›