Tag: inference to the best explanation

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Date
July 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, BioLogos, cellular complexity, Christianity, Discovery Institute Press, Edgar Brightman, gatekeeper, inference to the best explanation, integration, Johannes Kepler, materialism, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Minding the Brain, natural theology, open-mindedness, Paul de Vries, philosophical naturalism, presuppositions, Robert Boyle, Robert J. Marks, Robert Larmer, rule of thumb, secondary causation, spontaneous generation, theism}

Methodological Naturalism as Religion in Disguise

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

5}

If the data points to outcomes that natural causes can't explain, then ruling out supernatural causes is not scientific humility — it’s religious dogma. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abduction, biological information, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, inference to the best explanation, inferential science, Kirk Durston, observation, philosophers, science}

Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abiogenesis, argument from ignorance, artificial intelligence, biases, ChatGPT, chemical evolution, comets, complexity, cosmic fine-tuning, Directed panspermia, early Earth, higher intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, interstellar dust, Irreducible Complexity, meteorites, methodological naturalism, multiverse, natural selection, Occam's Razor, panpsychism, panspermia, physical constants, physical laws, primordial soup, self-organization, self-repliation, Strong Anthropic Principle, testability, thermodynamics, Weak Anthropic Principle}

Chatting with ChatGPT about Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
September 20, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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This study raises the interesting question of the interplay between trained biases in ChatGPT and the ability to coax this AI to transcend those biases. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 14, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bayesian reasoning, ChatGPT, ChatGPT4, chess, Erik Larson, Google Bard, gun, inference to the best explanation, musicians, Noam Chomsky, piano, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

Inferring the Best Explanation via Artificial Intelligence

_{William A. Dembski
September 14, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind

14}

The analogy with chess is apt — computers play chess but in ways different from us by being able to brute force their way through millions more positions. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 13, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, ChatGPT4, Chronicle of Higher Education, classical music, Erik Larson, Harvard University Press, hospital, human intelligence, humor, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, jokes, large language models, Ludwig van Beethoven, mouse, operating room, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, whale, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

ChatGPT Is Becoming Increasingly Impressive

_{William A. Dembski
September 13, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

12}

Yet I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, complexity, culture, Dallas, Europe, faculty, faith and science, Fort Worth, Ide Trotter, inference to the best explanation, information, intelligent design, opinions, Phillip E. Johnson, scientists, Texans, Texas A&M University, theology, Trotter Prize}

We Will All Miss Ide Trotter

_{William A. Dembski
April 17, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

Ide was a straight-shooting no-nonsense Texan. He was as good a friend as intelligent design could have. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, agency, atheism, black holes, Boston, Cambridge, defining id, defining science, demarcation criteria, dinosaurs, electromagnetic radiation, evolution, Harvard University, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, miracles, observation, predictions, Reductionism, religion, scientific method, supernatural, testing, theism, unguided evolution}

Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 20, 2023

Epistemology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

7}

It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biography, book reviews, books, C.S. Lewis, fiction, Immanuel Kant, inference to the best explanation, John Adams, Michael Polanyi, non-fiction, novels, Politics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science, Stephen Meyer, Twitter}

Meyer’s God Hypothesis — Christmas Selection from Aleo Review of Books

_{David Klinghoffer
November 22, 2022

Bioethics, Epistemology, Intelligent Design

2}

There’s no discernible agenda other than enjoying good books. They promise “Reviews shorter than books.” That’s a concept. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, complexity, fossils, heuristic, historical sciences, history, inference to the best explanation, information, intelligent design, paleontologists, plate tectonics, predictions, rocks, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), uniformitarianism}

What Is the Positive Case for Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
April 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Imagine that you took your 4x4 truck off-roading and you returned home with the truck covered in mud. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, Christianity, dualism, epilepsy, inductive reasoning, inference to the best explanation, intellectual seizures, logic, materialism, mind, Mystery of the Mind, natural science, neuroscience, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, surgery, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Wilder Penfield, William Shakespeare}

Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience

_{Michael Egnor
November 16, 2021

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind. Read More ›