Tag: hypothesis

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
March 17, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, assumptions, background information, Bayes factor, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian confirmation theory, Bayesian reasoning, Clark Glymour, confidence, denominators, Dutch book argument, epistemic probabilities, evidence, fine-tuning, fine-tuning argument, general relativity, General Theory of Relativity, hypothesis, likelihood, likelihood ratio, marginal probability, mental state, Mercury, naturalism, Nevin Climenhaga, normalization factor, panpsychism, pantheism, posterior probability, prior probability, probabilities, psychological states, Sean Carroll, subjectivism, subjectivist Bayesianism, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series), theism, universe}

Bayesian Methodology and the Fine-Tuning Argument

_{Bruce Gordon
March 17, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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To use Clark Glymour’s example, Einstein's general theory of relativity explained the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan CP, DNA, DNA replication, evolution, history of life, hypothesis, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, life, natural selection, primitive, sophistication, students, The Science Dilemma}

McLatchie Explains Design Implications of DNA Replication

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. McClatchie notes its “primitive” nature — meaning, not a lack of sophistication (quite the opposite!) but that life at the most basic level depends on it. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Discover Magazine, DNA, ENCODE, Endogenous retroviruses, evolution, experiment, function, genome, hypothesis, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, line, MicroRNAs, Neo-Darwinism, non-coding DNA, observation, science stopper, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

_{Casey Luskin
May 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airplanes, bats, cars, cell phones, characters, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, common design, computers, convergence, echolocation, evolution, experiment, eyes, genes, hypothesis, intelligent agents, intelligent design, limbs, observation, phylogenetic analysis, phylogeny, species, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), trees, whales, wheels}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, animal phyla, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, evolution, experiment, fossil record, Homo, hypothesis, information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, observation, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Paleontology

_{Casey Luskin
April 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Zoology

5}

The dominant pattern in the fossil record is explosions of new biological forms. The Cambrian explosion is a prime example. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision}

Darwin’s Rhapsody

_{Paul Nelson
August 30, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics

3}

“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, cosmos, Darwin lobby, evolution, fact, friends, hypothesis, Kirk Fitzhugh, Michael Ruse, rhetoric, science, scientists, terminology, theory}

Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2018

Evolution

6}

The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 28, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Bible, Brian Keating, credulity, faith, hypothesis, knowledge, multiverse, PragerU, rhetoric, theists, truth, UC San Diego, video}

“Faith” and the Multiverse: A Response

_{Paul Nelson
April 28, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

3}

I grasp the argument Professor Brian Keating is making in his PragerU video. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 1, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, anti-science, conservative, definition, fact, hypothesis, ideology, objectivity, Politics, progressive, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, scientific method, scientists, social justice, truth}

Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2017

Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›

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Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, causation, evolution, explanations, hypothesis, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Evolution, logic, materialism, supernatural, UCLA}

Reaching the “Limits” of Material Explanations — Can It Be Done?

_{Science & Culture
September 14, 2017

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Science is a game with one defining rule," writes UCLA biochemist Richard E. Dickerson. Read More ›