Tag: scientism

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Matter of Time, agency, agent theory, Amahury J. Lopez-Diaz, biology, Carlos Gershenson, Denis Walsh, environments, Everything Flows, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, goal, intelligent design, intentionality, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, means, metaphysics, naturalism, Newtonian physics, objectcy, ontology, repertoire, requirement, science of purpose, scientism, synthetic realization, teleology, thermodynamics, University of Toronto}

Agency as the Emerging Naturalist Paradigm

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Jaques Monod, along with other champions of 20th-century scientism, was entirely mistaken. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, books, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, conservatism, Delphic oracle, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), evolution, God and Evolution, history, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jay Richards, journalists, lockdowns, Logan Gage, Michael Behe, Michael Chabarek, news angle, news hook, NYU Press, opinions writers, scientism, skepticism, Thomism, thought crime, Tom Bethell, vaccine mandates, William Dembski}

Is Intelligent Design the Root of All Science Skepticism?

_{Casey Luskin
August 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As author C. W. Howell puts it, various ID proponents have sometimes committed the thought crime of “doubting the science consensus outside evolution." Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

3}

Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 7, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, material processes, podcasts, science, scientific materialism, scientism, The Magician's Twin}

Thus Saith the Science: C. S. Lewis on the Dangers of Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 7, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science

3}

Progress is an appealing idea, but what happens when we do not all desire the same things? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, closed-mindedness, COVID-19, freedom, government, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, natural world, pandemic, physical science, podcast, privacy, public health, science, scientism, scientists, technocracy, The Magician's Twin}

From C. S. Lewis, Prophetic Warnings on Science and Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

What happens when science leaves human values behind? Or when governments become beholden to scientists? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
October 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstraction, airfoil, Albert Einstein, anatomy, antennae, Aristotle, biology, duality, emergence, engineering, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, function, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, mathematicians, Michael Behe, molecular biology, physics, physiology, Pierre-Simon Laplace, propellers, René Descartes, Return of the God Hypothesis, rockets, science of purpose, scientism, specified irreducible complexity, Stephen Meyer, structure, structure-function relationship, Werner Heisenberg, What Is Life?}

Emergence and Irreducible Complexity: A Unified Theory

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
October 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We are all familiar with the duality — structure and function — from both technology and biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, “consensus science”, anniversary, Center for Science and Culture, eugenics, history, Holocaust, ID the Future, Indiana, John West, mental illness, Nazi Germany, scientism, scientists}

Recalling the First Eugenics Law, John West Reviews the Tragic History of a Pseudoscience

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

2}

Indiana opened a door to similar legislation across the United States, culminating in the horrors of Nazi Germany. Read More ›

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Date
April 18, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, academic freedom, events, free speech, Heritage Foundation, Jay Richards, March for Science, scientism, Stephen Meyer, Wesley J. Smith}

See Meyer, Smith, and Richards at Heritage Foundation Live Online Wednesday, April 19

_{Science & Culture
April 18, 2017

Bioethics, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

1}

As demonstrators converge on D.C. for the “March for Science,” explore the real threats to good science in America. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, Discovery Institute, events, Heritage Foundation, Jay Richards, March for Science, National Mall, scientism, Stephen Meyer, Wesley J. Smith}

March for Science or March for Scientism? Discovery Institute Joins Heritage Foundation, April 19

_{David Klinghoffer
April 7, 2017

Evolution, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

2}

"A panel of experts will explore the real threats to good science in America." Read More ›