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Stephen Meyer

Watch: Stephen Meyer Expertly Punctures the Rule of Methodological Naturalism

The rule, as he explains, is arbitrary. True, the designing agent inferred by ID theory is not directly observable, but neither are the elementary particles. Read More ›

Philosophers Want Back into Science

One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›
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Where Design Explains, Darwinism Explains Away

Immediately you know these structures were designed. How should you know that? How did the scientists know that? Read More ›
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Government Funds…Intelligent Design?

“Technosignatures” is just abstruse enough to evade most Congressional waste hunters.  Read More ›
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#10 of Our Top Stories of 2018: How Meyer Turned Prager Around on Evolution

Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›
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Dump the Metaphysics — How About Methodological Regularism?

Science doesn’t need methodological naturalism. It doesn’t need methodological theism, either. Read More ›
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Dennis Prager on Evolution: Stephen Meyer Turned Me Around

Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›
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Still More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

Trilobites look up silently from their Burgess Shale rock slabs, with sad eyes, asking, “Where did I come from?” Read More ›
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Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham

Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received. Read More ›
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A Tendentious Appeal for Methodological Naturalism

Dawes and Smith say they’re simply describing (as a “matter of fact”) the history of science. Read More ›

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