Tag: empirical science

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2025

Categories
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic disciplines, academic institutions, amateur science, Andrew McDiarmid, Anthony Watts, censorship, Charles Darwin, Christianity, climate change, common science, credentialism, culture, defining science, elitism, empirical science, experimental science, Forrest Mims, interviews, Maverick Scientist, PhD, prejudice, scientists, skeptics, Watts Up with That}

“What Is a Scientist?” A Fine Review for Forrest Mims

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2025

Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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"A critique of scientific elitism, and a guidebook for anyone who wants to pursue real science — regardless of credentials." Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, Darwinism, empirical science, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, Jean Rostand, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, New York Times, The Guardian}

The Mystery of Evolution May Be Unsolvable — By Materialist Science

_{Granville Sewell
October 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Seventy years later we are still not close to explaining the origin and development of life in terms of entirely natural (unintelligent) causes. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, knowing, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, wave function, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, biological origins, cell biology, DiscoveryU, education, empirical science, evidence, evolution, fear, free will, God, heretics, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, molecular biology, obedience, orthodoxy, skepticism, spirit, The Design of Life, The Myth of Junk DNA, totalitarian science, UC Berkeley, Yale University}

New Course on Evolution Challenges Group-Think with Scientific Skepticism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Education

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Consider spending the time — 40 lessons with accompanying quizzes to check your progress — to weigh the evidence for yourself. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, birds, empirical science, evolution, glaucoma, human eye, hunters, intelligent design, John Ray, light, Nathan Lents, photoreceptor cells, retina, vision}

Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›

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Date
September 13, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian theory, empirical science, Indiana Jones, infants, intelligent design, parkour, Research, Robert Full, robotics, Science (journal), squirrels, storytelling, UC Berkeley, University of Nebraska}

Squirrel Acrobatics Amaze Scientists

_{Science and Culture
September 13, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, we were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at our feet. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", adaptationist, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, empirical science, evolution, Harvard University, Herbert Spencer, historical sciences, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jerry Fodor, John A. Moore, just-so stories, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, methodological naturalism, On the Origin of Species, Richard Lewontin, spandrels, Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Review of Books, What Darwin Got Wrong, William A. Dembski, zoologists}

Honoring Richard Lewontin, Famed Evolutionary Biologist and Sometime Critic of His Own Field

_{Casey Luskin
July 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The quote for which Lewontin has become best known appeared in his 1997 review of a book by Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 14, 2020

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, abortion, Bill Nye, cult, dogmatism, Douglas Axe, embryology, empirical science, environmentalism, experimentation, falsification, human rights, humanities, ideology, John Zmirak, Jonathan Wells, Marquis de Sade, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, Moses, Nature (journal), nature rights, New Atheism, Politics, religion, sex, Simone de Beauvoir, The Stream, trust, Twitter, Wesley Smith}

When “Science” Becomes a Cult

_{David Klinghoffer
October 14, 2020

Biology, Faith & Science, Political Science

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The problem comes when, in order to win our acceptance, double-talk is used to pretend that a cult is something other than what it is. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 14, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 14, 2020

Medicine

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My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›