Tag: plausibility

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
February 18, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, Bayesian reasoning, cosmology, fine-tuning, Hans Halvorson, Humean probabilities, likelihood ratio, Luke Barnes, mathematicians, metaphysics, monotheistic tradition, multiverse, Ned Hall, Nevin Climenhaga, personal beliefs, philosophers, philosophy, plausibility, podcasters, Presbyterians, priors, probability, psychological states, Robin Collins, Sean Carroll, spacetime, subjective inclinations, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series), theism, theology, theoretical physicists, Thomas Bayes}

Framing a Finely Tuned Response to a Chorus of Critical “Carrollers”

_{Bruce Gordon
February 18, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Using Sean Carroll’s criticisms of the fine-tuning argument as a general guide, I propose to address objections to that argument. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Bayes factor, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian reasoning, biological design, environmental fitness, Evolution News, ID the Future, intelligent design, physical constants, plausibility, podcast, prior probability, probabilities, theism}

When Building Our Case for Intelligent Design, How Should We Think About Prior Probability?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Bayes’s theorem is a tool for modeling our evaluation of evidences to appropriately apportion the confidence in our conclusions to the strength of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, censorship, COVID-19, embryonic stem cells, evidence-based medicine, Francis Collins, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, ideology, medical establishment, medicine, Oxford University, p-hacking, plausibility, Politics, scientism, Stanford University, The Lancet, trust, Vaccines}

Shift from “Evidence-Based” to “Science-Based” Medicine Would Stifle Debate

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Trust must be earned, not imposed. Information gatekeepers can be wrong. The danger of censorship in the name of “science” is growing. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, chirality, Darwinism, DNA, early Earth, enzymes, Georgia Tech, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Nature Communications, nucleotides, plausibility, polymers, RNA, Steven Benner, Susan Mazur}

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

_{Science & Culture
January 7, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 28, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, Africa, biodiversity, biogeography, biological origins, circular causality, evolutionary assumptions, foxes, land mammals, monkeys, navigation, ocean, plausibility, rafting, rafting animals, scientific reasoning, Sherlock Holmes, South America, vegetation}

The Curious Incident of the Non-Rafting Foxes

_{David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2016

Evolution, Zoology

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It should be the facts that drive startling conclusions, not the theory that's supposed to explain the facts. Read More ›