Tag: scientific inquiry

Modern open-plan science laboratory with researchers in white coats working at workstations, bright natural light, 4k, Generative AI.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amateurs, anti-science, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID, debate, Department of Health and Human Services, engineers, freedom of inquiry, government, Gregor Mendel, health-care workers, humankind, Jane Goodall, legislation, misinformation, Nature (journal), patients, registration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific inquiry, scientists, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, transgenderism, vaccine skeptics}

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2026

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, apologetics, biochemistry, blind physical processes, brain, chemical reactions, Christianity, cognition, Dallas, Daniel Dennett, ID the Future, inference, intentionality, ions, knowledge, meaning, mind, naturalism, neurons, philosophers, rationality, reasoning, Rebekah Valerius, scientific inquiry, Shadowlands Dispatch, truth, universal acid, universe}

Can You Trust Your Thoughts? The Argument from Reason and Its Implications for Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 9, 2026

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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If human thoughts are merely the result of blind physical processes, then there is no logical basis for trusting our own minds. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, cars, chance, complexity, genome, hieroglyphics, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, materialism, Michael Denton, Michael Kent, molecular machines, nature, podcast, proteins, scientific authorities, scientific inquiry, software, specified information, unguided natural processes, unintelligent processes, universe}

Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In our experience, this type of specified information always comes from a mind, whether it’s hieroglyphics or the origin of a car. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, birds, causality, diabetes, dispositionalism, hemoglobin, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, materialistic science, medicine, Michael Behe, migration, nature, navigation, powers, realism, science of purpose, scientific inquiry, Thomas Aquinas, UV light, water}

Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, artificial intelligence, biologists, chess, Darwinian evolution, David Hullender, Elsevier, equations, evolution, evolutionary models, Isaac Newton, J. Robert Oppenheimer, logic, Olen Brown, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, scientific inquiry, self-assembly}

Science Paper: Use Artificial Intelligence to Challenge Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The authors conclude, "It seems remote that AI would conclude that it is ‘turtles all the way down’.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Christianity, ID the Future, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, podcast, scientific inquiry, William Whewell}

William Whewell: Statesman of Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 7, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Are there natural limits to biological change? Is the evidence for design in nature well founded? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 2, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, Harvard University, public education, scientific inquiry, students, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Bring “Visible Thinking” to Evolution Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 2, 2020

Science Education

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This work reminds me strongly of the Center for Science & Culture’s emphasis on analysis, evaluation, and examining the evidence in public school evolution education. Read More ›

Students and teacher in a computer classroom.

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 2, 2019

Categories
Metascience
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, accuracy, Discovery Institute, diversity, doubt, education, evolutionary theory, Nature (journal), post-trust, post-truth, science denial, science education, Science Education Policy, scientific inquiry, scientific reliability, scientists, strengths and weaknesses, Thomas Kuhn, United Kingdom}

Breakthrough? Nature Calls for Openness in Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 2, 2019

Metascience, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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“Diversity and doubt produce creativity; we must make room for them,” according to Jerry Ravetz. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Engineering
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, education, evolution, high school, Mars, math, NASA, Neo-Darwinism, Next Generation Science Standards, science, scientific inquiry, Smithsonian Institution, strengths and weaknesses, students, Wired Magazine}

How Should We Then Teach Evolution?

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 4, 2019

Engineering, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, automobile, biological information, Design Inference, DNA, intelligent design, knowledge, materialism, mind, science, Science Uprising, scientific inquiry, scientists, Stephen Meyer}

Stephen Meyer: Why Scientists Resist Intelligent Design, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2019

Intelligent Design

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“A lot of scientists, because of the influence of materialism, are inured to the reality of their own minds and therefore of minds in general.” Read More ›