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astronomical clock
Photo: The third-oldest astronomical clock in the world, installed in 1410, in Prague, via Wikimedia Commons.

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Photo by © Norman Parkinson Archive/Iconic Images/Getty Images).

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›
Albert Einstein
Photo: Albert Einstein in 1921, via Wikimedia Commons.

How Does the Intelligibility of Nature Point to Design?

Albert Einstein famously remarked that “the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility…[t]he fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.” Read More ›
yellow star
Photo: Yellow star, Belgium, 1942, by DRG-fan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design’s Yellow Star: Journal’s Disclaimer Refutes a Common Criticism of ID

Critics of intelligent design (ID) often lecture ID proponents that they are free to submit their work to any scientific journal. Read More ›
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“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›
Taylor Swift

Alt-Right’s Interest in Evolution Makes Sense. An Obsession with Taylor Swift? Much Less So

I heard a promotion on our local NPR station for a report about the alt-right and their dual infatuation with Medieval Europe and pop star Taylor Swift. Read More ›

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