Tag: materialistic science

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, children, College Physics, common science, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, evolution, fundamental forces, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Mathematical Intelligencer, mathematicians, Michael Kent, natural phenomena, Peter Urone, physics, Plato's Revenge, quantum mechanics, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, scientific evidence, smart phones, spaceships, supernatural, unintelligent}

Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning

_{Granville Sewell
June 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The equations of quantum mechanics do not describe exactly — even in theory — the effects of the fundamental forces on the fundamental particles of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, Darwinism, empirical science, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, Jean Rostand, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, New York Times, The Guardian}

The Mystery of Evolution May Be Unsolvable — By Materialist Science

_{Granville Sewell
October 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Seventy years later we are still not close to explaining the origin and development of life in terms of entirely natural (unintelligent) causes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient world, Babylonians, Bronze Age, chemical evolution, DNA, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, birds, causality, diabetes, differential equations, dispositionalism, hemoglobin, high blood pressure, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, materialistic science, medicine, Michael Behe, migration, nature, navigation, opium, powers, powers ontology, realism, science of purpose, scientific inquiry, solar radiation, Thomas Aquinas, UV light, water}

Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, creative agency, debates, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialistic science, natural selection, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow}

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 30, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aardvarks, biomolecules, cancer, chemical elements, chloroplasts, CHNOPS, DNA, emergence, ententional, Human Genome Project, illness, Irreducible Complexity, John Stuart Mill, materialistic science, neologism, organisms, Reductionism, science of purpose, Terrence Deacon, zebras}

Emergence by Design

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 30, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The originators of the concept were two 19th-century British philosopher-scientists, John Stuart Mill and George Henry Lewes. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Darwinism, David Berlinski, ID the Future, intellectuals, materialistic science, mathematician, Paris, philosophers, podcast, Science After Babel, Tower of Babel, Wistar Symposium}

Listen: In a New Book, David Berlinski Gives the Devil His Due

_{Science and Culture
June 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Berlinski is at his best as he discusses everything from the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for modern science, to his friendship with Marcel Schützenberger. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotics, beauty, body plans, butterfly wings, consciousness, creativity, creator, evolutionary processes, faith and science, foresight, free will, genetic code, God's Grandeur, goodness, human dignity, human origins, intelligent agents, intelligent design, intelligibility, materialistic science, molecular machines, monotheism, morality, natural law, podcasts, rationality, Roman Catholic, theism, transcendentals, truth, universe, wings}

God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

_{Ann Gauger
May 11, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, biological origins, cell biology, DiscoveryU, education, empirical science, evidence, evolution, fear, free will, God, heretics, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, molecular biology, obedience, orthodoxy, skepticism, spirit, The Design of Life, The Myth of Junk DNA, totalitarian science, UC Berkeley, Yale University}

New Course on Evolution Challenges Group-Think with Scientific Skepticism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Education

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Consider spending the time — 40 lessons with accompanying quizzes to check your progress — to weigh the evidence for yourself. Read More ›