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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, adult stem cells, anti-science, appendix, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, embryonic stem cells, epidemiologists, FDA, Francis Collins, free speech, gender affirmation, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, gut bacteria, Jay Bhattacharya, knowledge, lockdowns, medicine, National Institutes of Health, pandemic, Royal Society, science, Scientific American, settled science, Stanford University, vestigial structures}

Stifling Opposition Is the Real “Anti-Science”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 22, 2024

Evolution, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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In the Great Barrington Declaration, three noted epidemiologists questioned the wisdom of societal shutdowns and keeping children out of school. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain states, death, dreams, hippocampus, knowledge, memories, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neuroscientists, soul, YouTube videos}

Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

_{Michael Egnor
February 1, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Christianity, history, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent agents, knowledge, Medieval Europe, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, natural causes, nature, podcast, scientism, scientists, universe}

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›

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Date
August 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, knowledge, Michael Keas, podcast, reality, science, scientism, truth, Unbelievable}

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

_{Science & Culture
August 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 6, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ChatGPT, coffee, complex specified information, creativity, Energy, freedom, function, heat, humans, information, intelligent design, kinetic energy, knowledge, Law of Conservation of Information, life, luck, meaning, mind, nature, physical objects, printing press, quantum mechanics, Second Law of Thermodynamics, William A. Dembski}

Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
July 6, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, cell biology, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, complexity, Discovery Institute, DiscoveryU, education, evolution, homeschool students, Icons of Evolution, ideology, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, knowledge, Latin, life, materialism, molecular biology, natural selection, nature, public education, The Design of Life, The Myth of Junk DNA, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, universe, Yale University}

New DiscoveryU Course: Jonathan Wells Takes an Objective Look at the Evidence for Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The notion that knowledge must reject mind as a casual factor in origins studies is a materialist presumption — not science. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Dante, Discovery Institute Press, G.K. Chesterton, George Gilder, Holocaust, Homo sapiens, John Milton, knowledge, Malcolm Muggeridge, morality, relativism, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Restoration of Man, Winston Churchill}

Michael D. Aeschliman on C. S. Lewis and Scientism

_{Peter Biles
March 28, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

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Scientism claims that science alone dictates the truth, although this system of thought depends on non-scientific reasons to come to such a conclusion. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Applied Sciences
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Big Data, C.S. Lewis, education, elitism, faith, government, knowledge, magic, media, milk, morality, Neo-Darwinism, reality, soul, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism}

Humans Have Limits. Transhumanists Want to Overcome Them

_{Peter Biles
February 15, 2023

Applied Sciences, Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

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Transhumanism, arguably an offshoot of neo-Darwinism, is set on envisioning the next grand step of human evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
June 22, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, attorneys, computers, emergency room, human intelligence, humans, intelligence, knowledge, Non-Computable You, physicians, qualia, Wikipedia}

The Non-Computable Human

_{Robert J. Marks II
June 22, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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An algorithm is a step-by-step set of instructions to accomplish a task. A recipe for German chocolate cake is an algorithm. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 12, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, evolutionary biologists, existence, fact, faith, Jerry Coyne, knowledge, law of non-contradiction, logic, René Descartes, skepticism, theists, thinking, Thomas Aquinas, truth}

Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

_{Michael Egnor
March 12, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Read More ›