Tag: no true Scotsman

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post

Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Sanger, Michael Behe, New York Times, no true Scotsman, peer review, peer-reviewed literature, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument

_{Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arthur Hunt, Basilosaurus, bilaterian animals, central nervous system, cichlid fish, compound eyes, Darwinists, dog breeds, Dunning-Kruger effect, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, exoskeleton, fact check, fossil record, Hawaiian Silverswords, honeycreepers, Joe Felsenstein, John Harshman, Lake Malawi, molecular clock, no true Scotsman, otters, Pakicetus, Panda's Thumb, Peaceful Science, phenotypic plasticity, Puck Mendelssohn, Rusophycus, species pair challenge, trace fossils, University of Kentucky, Young Earth Creationists}

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

_{Günter Bechly
May 3, 2022

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

20}

Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›

Business Team Brainstorming Over Documents in Office

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, creationism, David Hull, definist fallacy, double standard, Evolution Sunday, exclusion, ID research program, intelligent design, Joshua Rosenau, Judge Jones, misinformation, no true Scotsman, peer review, peer-reviewed, science, scientific method, special pleading, Stephen Meyer, testability, theistic evolution}

As the Intelligent Design Movement Publishes Peer-Reviewed Literature, Critics Backpedal

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2012

Intelligent Design

9}

Though Judge Jones's findings were false when he made them in 2005, many have used his ruling as an excuse to perpetuate these false criticisms of ID. Read More ›