Tag: progress

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 5, 2024

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, agency, Annie Besant, atheism, Charles Bradlaugh, Cicero, Connop Thirlwall, David Hanke, David Newsome, deduction, Enlightenment, evolution, fact, Garden of Eden, induction, intellectual history, intelligent design, James Henry Froude, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gribbin, Julian Huxley, metaphysics, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Paul Davies, progress, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, teleology, theology, Thomas Huxley, Tom Wolfe, Uncertainty Principle, vera causa, Victorian England, watchmaker, Werner Heisenberg, William Blake}

Darwinism as Fact? The Waning of an Historical Myth

_{Neil Thomas
January 5, 2024

Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Historically the unfathomable subtleties of our terrestrial environment have been viewed as in and of themselves empirical markers for design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, Christopher Hitchens, cosmos, David Berlinski, Eric Metaxas, evolution, human condition, human nature, humans, military history, mind, nobility, progress, Romans, Science After Babel, Socrates in the City, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, universe, war, wisdom}

Are Humans Progressing Toward Evolutionary Perfection?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 4, 2023

Evolution, Faith & Science, Technology

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Men are not about to become like gods. “I’m a strong believer in original sin,” quips David Berlinski. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, faith, Forrest Mims, gender, humanity, molecular biologists, molecular motors, peer review, Physics Today, progress, race, science, Science (journal), scientists, The Descent of Man, trust, University of North Carolina, Wesley Smith}

Repair Trust in Science? In Science Magazine, Forrest Mims Replies

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Charles Darwin is an example of a brilliant scientist who was nonetheless an imperfect human with some false ideas. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 10, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Dallas, Darwinian theory, discrimination, gravitation, Herbert Spencer, Hiroshima, Human Zoos, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, materialism, Nagasaki, progress, Racism, Science, scientific racism, scientism, Strength to Love}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
August 10, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

5}

Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
April 22, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, competition, Darwinism, E.O. Wilson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Herbert Spencer, Jeffrey O’Connell, laissez-faire, Michael Ruse, progress, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Theodore Roosevelt}

Cambridge University Press’s New Book on Social Darwinism: Darwin and Herbert Spencer

_{Richard Weikart
April 22, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

6}

The authors admit that Darwin was a racist who promoted racial struggle. They are likely to infuriate quite a few people of varying persuasions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, anti-science, Discovery Institute, experts, John West, morals, Nuremberg Code, observation, Politicians, progress, religious beliefs, scientists, technocracy, The Magician's Twin, Wesley Smith, worldview}

Bright Idea: Put Scientists in Charge Instead?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics

3}

Could scientists and advocates of scientism really make a worse hash of things than the politicians? Read More ›

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Date
December 7, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, cooperation, David Berlinski, death camps, ID the Future, Nazi Party, Nazis, Peter Robinson, podcast, Pope Benedict XVI, progress, theology}

Berlinski: Evolution Toward Virtue and Progress?

_{Science and Culture
December 7, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

2}

The Nazi Party, says David Berlinski, “was a marvelous engine of cooperation. All those Nazis cooperated with one another running death camps.” Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Dallas, Darwinian theory, discrimination, gravitation, Herbert Spencer, Hiroshima, Human Zoos, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, materialism, Nagasaki, progress, Racism, science, scientific racism, scientism, Strength to Love}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
January 18, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

4}

Dr. King was sharply critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke forcefully against the idea that humans are the products of a blind material process. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, evidence, Google, groupthink, intelligent design, James Damore, Politics, progress, scientists, sexism, Super Bowl, University of Arizona}

Second Thought About the Idea of “Consensus”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 19, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Sometimes scientists do not, in fact, follow the evidence. The consensus, then, could be wrong. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 16, 2017

Categories
Metascience
Philosophy
Tagged
, __nedited, chronological snobbery, Günter Bechly, intelligence, intelligent design, interpretation, knowledge, multidisciplinary, obtuseness, paleontology, progress, Science Literacy, scientists, specialization, Wikipedia, wisdom}

Are Scientists Smarter Now, or Dumber?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 16, 2017

Metascience, Philosophy

2}

On the gathering specifically of scientific knowledge, our paleontologist colleague Günter Bechly nails it. Read More ›