Tag: contingency

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post

Date
February 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bacteria, biosphere, chance, complexity, constraints, contingency, convergence, disparity, evolution, life forms, lineages, necessity, randomness, rules, Science Advances, singularities, Stephen Jay Gould, testing, theory testing}

Gould Said It Was All Contingency and Chance — Well, Maybe Not

_{Science & Culture
February 5, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Appeals to contingency (i.e., in-principle unrepeatable singularities) disable theory testing. If anything can happen…don’t bother to test, because you can’t. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, Bruce Gordon, contingency, cosmologists, cosmology, kinetic energy, Lawrence Krauss, philosophy, physical laws, physics, Proof of God in 3 Minutes, quantum fields, rationality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, universe, Victor Stenger}

Dealing with Further Objections to “Proof of God in 3 Minutes”

_{Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, and Brian Miller
October 17, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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A transcendent, supernatural first cause is necessary to explain why our universe and all of its matter and energy exist. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
March 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artistry, contingency, death, Ernst Mayr, evolution, females, genetic drift, happenstance, hummingbirds, intelligent design, males, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pain, peacock, phenotype, Richard Dawkins, sexual dimorphism, Stephen Meyer, waste}

Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, contingency, Dave Speijer, evolutionary theory, predictions, puppy, Stephen Jay Gould, theory, universal common descent}

“Is Popperian Falsification Useful in Biology?”

_{Paul Nelson
February 11, 2020

Biology, Evolution

2}

A theory that “tolerates exceptions” is doing no work at all, simply wandering along behind the data like a puppy on a leash. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, act, Aristotle, clouds, contingency, Five Ways, goodness, grass, images, light, mirror, nobility, ontology, Plato, potency, sky, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, trees, truth}

Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

_{Michael Egnor
October 17, 2019

Faith & Science

7}

It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 21, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, atheism, ATP, bipedalism, causation, contingency, evolution, First Cause, heartbeat, infinity, PZ Myers, sunlight, tiktaalik, universe}

Helpful Atheist Makes a Case for God

_{Michael Egnor
January 21, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy

7}

“If only Tiktaalik had inherited three pairs of stubby little old fins we’d be centaurs now.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, chance, contingency, father, intelligent design, jesus, providence, science, snails, William A. Dembski}

A “Facilitator” of the Intelligent Design Movement — Dembski Pays Tribute to His Father

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

4}

He concludes with a link to the final scene from Babette’s Feast. If you watch it, or already know it, you’ll understand why. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 4, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Brian Josephson, Closer to Truth, complexity, contingency, Deity, God, god's, intelligent design, Labor Day, Nobel Prize, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, specification, William A. Dembski}

For Your Labor Day Enjoyment – Dembski on Design Detection in Just Three Minutes

_{David Klinghoffer
September 4, 2017

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

1}

We last checked in with Robert Lawrence Kuhn as he interviewed Nobel laureate Brian Josephson who said he was “80 percent” sure of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
May 12, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __tedited, adaptive mutations, Barry Hall, citrate, contingency, dishonesty, E. coli, Elizabeth Pennisi, epigenetic change, genetic changes, hype, loss-of-function mutations, LTEE, media, motivated reasoning, peer review, public opinion, Richard Lenski, science journalism, Science News, science reporting, Scott Minnich, speciation}

Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated

_{Michael Behe
May 12, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Science Reporting

8}

For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks. Read More ›