Tag: rigor

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, bias, Christianity, cognitive diversity, creativity, Darwinian mechanism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, geneticists, Graeme Johnstone, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Jack Timpany, Johannes Kepler, materialists, plants, podcast, religion, Richard Buggs, rigor, Robert Boyle, science, science stopper, scientific process, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Table Talk (podcast), warfare myth}

In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Scientific Reasoning

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Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 16, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), Bertrand Russell, bias, Big Brother, C.S. Lewis, causation, clinical psychology, Darwinian evolution, determinism, Enlightenment, epistemic virtues, evolution, free will, George Orwell, J.P. Moreland, libertarian free will, logic, Miracles (book), Nicholas Caputo, North Korea, rigor, The Conversation, The Design Inference, theists, thought police, Trinity College Dublin, United Nations, William A. Dembski, William Provine, Winston Ewert, Woodrow Wilson}

Freethinking Cannot Be Darwinized

_{David Coppedge
January 16, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom

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An otherwise good essay on the human right to freedom of thought falls into a Darwinian trap of illogical causation. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, courage, determination, earth, equity, ethnicity, grit, indigenous people, Knoxville, Mars, Moon, Nature (journal), Oregon, outer space, Portland State University, prison, progressive ideology, race, religion, rigor, San Francisco, sex, University of Tennessee, Wild West}

Top Science Journal: Let’s Export Wokeness to Outer Space

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2023

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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Equity advocate says future space colonies should be governed similarly to places like San Francisco or Portland. Read More ›

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Date
April 5, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ann Reid, climate change, Discovery Institute, education, equity, Evolution News, Jay Labov, Joseph Levine, K-12 education, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), rigor, science, Science Education Policy, Seattle, STEM education, students}

Where’s the Rigor? A Report from the Seattle AAAS Meeting

_{Science and Culture
April 5, 2020

Science Education

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Ultimately, Discovery Institute’s Science Education Policy is about sharpening students’ ability to interact critically with ideas in science. Read More ›

Microscopic view of cell membrane structure, illustrating semi-permeable lipid bilayer with embedded proteins, regulating molecular transport and maintaining cellular integrity. — lipid bilayer

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Date
January 6, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, "God of the gaps", code, curiosity, evidence for id, gene duplication, Israel, john lennox, lipid bilayer, lipids, Parkinson’s disease, Research, rigor, software analogy}

Interview: Biochemist Explains Why Lipids Are “Designed Objects”

_{Science and Culture
January 6, 2017

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The scientist, a researcher at one of Israel's institutes of higher education, asked that his identity be kept in confidence. 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, protein sequences, rigor, search capability, stable forms, 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
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 ›