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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2019

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __nedited, artificial intelligence, Charles Darwin, CNN, computer, creativity, extrapolation, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, machines, Mind Matters, MIT, Neural Networks, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II, rules}

Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2019

Arts, Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›

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Jay W. Richards

Date
May 29, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, astronomers, coincidence, conspiracy, earth, eclipse, Goldilocks Zone, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Mars, Moon, science, sun, The Privileged Planet}

Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

_{Jay W. Richards
May 29, 2019

Physical Sciences

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Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
May 8, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Aristotle, Christianity, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, David Berlinski, foresight, Galileo Galilei, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Barham, Johannes Kepler, machines, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Robert Boyle, Saint Augustine, Science & Culture Network, The Edge of Evolution}

On Book Tour, Marcos Eberlin Sparks Thought About the ID Movement

_{Walter Myers III
May 8, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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During the Q&A, an attendee asked why intelligent design proponents don’t just come out and explicitly say the designer is God. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Physics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", act, adaptation, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, doppelgänger, Erwin Schrödinger, First Way, form, genotype, Isaac Newton, matter, phenotype, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, theory, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 8, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Linguistics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics, Social Sciences

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The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 19, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Ann Gauger, Aristotle, Christian colleges, college admissions, Dartmouth College, Dennis Prager, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Ivy League, Johannes Kepler, John West, Jonathan Wells, Lucretius, Michael Behe, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design — A Note to Parents; And an Upcoming Deadline

_{David Klinghoffer
March 19, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Think of it: Wealthy parents are bribing their kids’ way into universities where the ultimate mystery of existence doesn’t even get a hearing. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin’s God, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, homoplasy, Isaac Newton, modus tollens, mutations, nested hierarchy, religion, science, special creation, suboptimality, theism, theology, utilitarianism, vestigial structures}

Claim: Evolution Proves Molinism, and Molinism Proves Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
March 7, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Unfortunately, religion has infected science and the result is bad religion and bad science. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, E.O. Wilson, eugenics, Francis Collins, human experimentation, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, morality, Owen Gingerich, Racism, Scientific American, scientific revolution, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson, warfare}

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019

Ethics, Faith & Science

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Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, DNA, evolution, gratitude, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, Live Science, memory, nuts, origami, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Robert Boyle, squirrels, Stephen Hawking, Templeton Foundation, trees, UC Davis, United Kingdom}

Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More

_{Science and Culture
December 21, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Boltzmann brains, Charles Darwin, Cleanthes, clockmaker, cosmic fine-tuning, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Edinburgh, Flying Spaghetti Monster, instinct, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, natural theology, Philo, physicists, rationality, Richard Dawkins, software, universe, vitalism, watchmaker}

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

_{Science and Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Scientific Enlightenment, scientific revolution, scientists, secular humanism, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›