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Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, bioengineering, Darwin's House of Cards, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Karl Popper, Matti Leisola, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Norman Macbeth, phlogiston, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Tom Bethell, Undeniable (book), W. Ford Doolittle, Zombie Science (book)}

Four Darwin Heretics: A Reader’s Roundup

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April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When you read Matti Leispola’s account of his adventures with a persecuted enclave of Darwin skeptics, you’ll understand why he has a smile on his face. Read More ›

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Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, creationism, Darwinists, evo-devo, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Karl Popper, microevolution, pseudoscience, punctuated equilibria, theory}

Less Pseudo, More Science, Please

_{Science & Culture
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics

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Cardiff University philosopher Orestis Palermos was at the center of a stir last week for a claim he made in an online lecture. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, anti-science, Cinderella, consciousness, GUT, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, James Tour, Jerry Fodor, John Searle, Karl Popper, modernity, NASA, naturalism, Plato, post-modernism, Sabine Hossenfelder, trolls, UFOs, Wikipedia}

Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 20, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 4, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, artificial intelligence, Carl Sagan, Dan Brown, Darwinian evolution, extraterrestrials, fake news, intelligent design, John Gray, Karl Popper, Live Science, loneliness, Mars, MIT, naturalism, neuroscience, Stephen Hawking, Wesley J. Smith}

Mock at Your Peril! Naturalism Is a Jealous Fraud

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2017

Evolution, Physical Sciences

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It’s not just that media-darling disciplines ruled by naturalism fail the facts. They fail at precisely the points where they should succeed if naturalism were true. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 7, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam Frank, Barry Arrington, Darwinism, Donald Hoffman, George Ellis, Jason Rosenhouse, Karl Popper, Massimo Pigliucci, Michael Keas, multiverse, Natalie Wolchover, Sabine Hossenfelder, unicorns}

Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2017

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too. Read More ›

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Date
February 15, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, argument from authority, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Karl Popper, natural selection, scientism, Tom Bethell}

Authority Replaces Evidence: Hear the Introduction to Darwin’s House of Cards

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February 15, 2017

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Tom Bethell tells of how his own skepticism about the logic of natural selection emerged, and describes an interview with Karl Popper. Read More ›

Aerial of Sunset in Princeton New Jersey

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 24, 2012

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, defining science, demarcation criteria, falsifiability, Karl Popper, Larry Laudan, National Academy of Sciences, pseudoscience, Robert Pennock, testability}

Princeton Historian: Falsifiability Not a Requirement of Science

_{Casey Luskin
September 24, 2012

Philosophy of Science

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"The renowned philosopher Karl Popper coined the term 'demarcation problem' to describe the quest to distinguish science from pseudoscience. He also proposed a solution." Read More ›

Shattered chemistry flask. Chemistry concept. Scientific experiment

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2005

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, Albert Einstein, Charles Krauthammer, common descent, Darwinism as religion, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, epicycles, falsifiability, falsification, Kansas, Karl Popper, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Larry Laudan, positive case for design, rhetoric, Sigmund Freud, straw man, systematics, teleology, theology, theory, undirected evolution, Washington Post}

Don’t Bash it ‘Til You’ve Tried It: A response to Krauthammer and Kriegel

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2005

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Science Reporting

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Anti-ID editorials by Charles Krauthammer and Uriah Kriegel misunderstand science and offer poor critiques of intelligent design. Read More ›