Tag: persuasion

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, New Atheists, persuasion, podcast, rhetorical strategies, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, judgment, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
December 27, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, judgment, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
November 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Rather than refute Harris by pointing out why his statement scores high on the irony meter, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to do it for me. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, persuasion, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 27, 2021

Evolution, Philosophy

1}

Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 12, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, competition, curriculum, debate, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, fire, Forensics, homework, memorization, pedagogy, persuasion, science, Science Education Policy, Supreme Court}

Evolution Education — A Debater’s Perspective

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 12, 2018

Science Education

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William Butler Yeats noted, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 20, 2017

Categories
Culture
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, argument, correspondence, England, France, intelligent design, John Adams, persuasion, respect, science, The Federalist, Thomas Jefferson}

At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 20, 2017

Culture, Scientific Freedom

3}

I've been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, fossil record, Niles Eldredge, persuasion, Science Literacy, transitional forms, trilobites}

Irony Alert: Michael Shermer on “When Facts Fail”

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 21, 2017

Evolution, Science Education

3}

An evolutionist warns readers that people don't change their minds even when presented with the facts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, argument from authority, design intuition, feelings, logical fallacies, persuasion, public opinion, scientific debate, skepticism, tribalism, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book)}

Scientists Aren’t Exempt from Feelings, Any More Than the Public Is

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2016

Scientific Reasoning

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And no, that's not entirely a bad thing. Read More ›

Concrete staircase with ramp accessibility

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post

Author
Anika Smith

Date
May 3, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, BioLogos, debates, Dissent from Darwinism, elitism, Henry F. (Fritz) Schaefer, Karl Giberson, natural selection, overconfidence, persuasion, Response to Criticism, theistic evolution, theory, William A. Dembski}

William Dembski on BioLogos and Theistic Evolution at Patheos

_{Anika Smith
May 3, 2011

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Dembski's point is that books like these sell ideas -- and that's actually a good thing, as long as the authors practice truth in advertising: Read More ›