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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 11, 2016

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, Donald Hoffman, modern science, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, objectivity, perception, reasoning, scientific advance, self-reference, survival of the fittest, truth}

Evolution May Obscure Reality, Says a Cognitive Scientist and Evolutionist

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 11, 2016

Epistemology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Purely naturalistic neo-Darwinism is self-defeating in its illogic. The consequences of this truth are far-reaching. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
April 23, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Mathematics
Tagged
, __tedited, bacteria, calculations, constraints, creative power, diversification, gene sequences, genetic drift, genome, infinity, junk DNA, mathematical plausibility, mathematics, mutation rate, natural selection, novel function, population size, probabilities, protein folding, rigor, search capability, testability}

Calculating the Maximum Number of Trials Evolution Could Have Performed

_{Kirk Durston
April 23, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Mathematics

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Countless people use the following rationale to justify saying there was no need for an intelligent designer behind life. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 16, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Science Education
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, __tedited, "teach the controversy", academic freedom, adaptation, Age of Exploration, common sense, critical thinking, design intuition, development, fact, imagination, intellectual freedom, intuitions, microevolution, natural selection, opinions, psychology, public education, reproduction, science education, scientific method, speciation, teleology, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United States, Universal Design Intuition}

Evolution in Kindergarten

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 16, 2016

Evolution, Psychology, Science Education

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Experimenting with children's natural mental inclinations to bring about a predetermined conclusion -- sounds like brainwashing, doesn't it? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 15, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
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, __nedited, abstract reasoning, analogy, anatomy, Animal Minds (series), anthropomorphism, concepts, Continuing Series, convergence, equality, evolutionary ethics, learning, metabolism, mind, natural selection, philosophy of mind, presuppositions, self-awareness, social status, Thomas Nagel, Tree of Life}

Animal Minds: In Search of the Minimal Self

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 15, 2016

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Can evolution explain how minds work? Probably not. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
October 20, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, natural selection, Research, rhetoric, rigor, theology}

Was Darwin a Scholar or a Pitchman?

_{Michael Flannery
October 20, 2015

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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You read a great deal about Darwin's scientific method and meticulousness as a student of nature, but that's not exactly scholarship. Read More ›

Terabytes of binary code data flying in a stream of information. Wavy field of coded blockchains. Neural network, points and numbers 3D illustration

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, Charles Lyell, defining science, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, Design Inference, intelligence, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, miracles, mutations, natural selection, peer review, positive case for design, predictions, scientific method, testability}

More on How We Can Know Intelligent Design Is Science

_{Casey Luskin
November 28, 2012

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Philosophers of science have long debated the precise definition of science. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Bethell

Date
March 9, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Darwin, evolution, Jerry Coyne, natural selection, neutrinos, science, speed of light, Stephen Talbott, The New Atlantis}

“Life All the Way Down”: Stephen Talbott’s Biological Vision

_{Tom Bethell
March 9, 2012

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Organisms are wholes and cannot be thought of as assembled in machine-like fashion. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 9, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, evolution, natural selection, neutrinos, Raymond Tallis, science, speed of light}

Nature Affirms “No Theory Is Too Special to Question”

_{Casey Luskin
March 9, 2012

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Physicists were open to challenging one of their most precious theories. Why not biologists? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 27, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, climate change, Darwin, evolution, Heartland Institute, Incivility, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, science, Wolfgang Pauli}

A Friendly Letter to the Heartland Institute and Other Advocates of Free Speech on Global Warming

_{Casey Luskin
February 27, 2012

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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Climate skeptics and Darwin doubters now have a common opponent, and we're going to be linked and attacked in many of the same ways. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 27, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A Universe from Nothing, Lawrence Krauss, multiverse, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, science, Wolfgang Pauli}

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Wolfgang Pauli on the Empirical Problems with Neo-Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
February 27, 2012

Evolution

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"As a physicist, I should like to critically object that this model has not been supported by an affirmative estimate of probabilities." Read More ›