Tag: Skeptic Magazine

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 2, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, Afrocentrism, Bigfoot, biology, cancel culture, creationism, Grand Valley State University, Holocaust denial, human biology, James Randi, lawgiver, Madam Rosa, Michael Shermer, mind, non-binary, Official Science, private truth, realism, reality-based thinking, Richard Dawkins, Robert O. Deaner, sex binary, Skeptic Magazine, subjectivism, transgenderism, war on math, Wikipedia}

Evolutionist: Eight Reasons Sex in Humans Is Binary

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Reproductive Science

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Skeptics will eventually be forced to confront the problem: They posit laws with no lawgiver, principles with no foundation, minds from mud. Read More ›

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Date
August 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain waves, Christof Koch, Denyse O’Leary, doctors, human mind, Jacob Vazquez, materialists, medicine, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Middle Ages, near-death experiences, Skeptic Magazine, The Immortal Mind, theology, Truthful Hope}

Why Near-Death Experiences Are Being Treated More Seriously Now

_{Science and Culture
August 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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"The reason they came to get so much attention today was actually modern medical practice." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, Catholic Bookworm, Charles Sherrington, human mind, immateriality, John Eccles, Lee Warren, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Sean McDowell, Skeptic Magazine, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Piers Morgan Hosts Michael Egnor on Near-Death Experiences

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 7, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Near-death experiences headlined the discussion. But Dr. Egnor made clear that there is much other evidence for the reality of the human soul. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 19, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Keating, Bryan Callen, complex life, consciousness, Energy, faith and science, ID the Future, matter, Michael Shermer, mind, podcast, Skeptic Magazine, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, The Bryan Callen Show, truth, UC San Diego, universe}

Faith, Reason, and the Search for Truth: Stephen Meyer and Michael Shermer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 19, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life

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Dr. Meyer calls math mind-independent. We discover it, we don’t invent it. And it’s conceptual, not a physical material thing. Why is that Important? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African cichlids, ATP synthase, chemoreceptor, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dollo’s Law, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, gene duplication, Harvard University, hemoglobin, humans, Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, molecular genetics, mutations, Plasmodium vivax, Pseudomonas fluorescens, red blood cells, Science (journal), Skeptic Magazine, Washington Post}

Harvard Molecular Geneticist Vindicates Michael Behe’s Main Argument in Darwin Devolves

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Mainstream evolutionary biologists are independently arriving at very similar conclusions to Behe’s central thesis. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Biola University, Brazil, Calvin College, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Doubt, Darwin's Nemesis, Darwinism, David Gelernter, Field Museum, Francis Schaeffer, Gandalf, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, Isaiah, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jay Richards, Judge John E. Jones, Kathie Johnson, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Leslie Zeigler, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, Old Testament, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, Skeptic Magazine, Stephen Meyer, stroke, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Yale University}

Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019), Some Reflections

_{William A. Dembski
November 8, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I want to underscore Phil’s pivotal role in organizing disparate voices critical of Darwinism and convinced of design in nature into a cohesive community. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Bacillus subtilis, bacterial cell division, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Douglas Axe, Douglas Theobald, Escherichia coli, Evolution News, evolutionists, gene duplication, genes, hemoglobin, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, mutations, myoglobin, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, oxygen, recruitment, S. Joshua Swamidass, Skeptic Magazine, TalkOrigins}

Muller Two-Step Model: A Refutation of Behe on Irreducible Complexity?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our responses to the Muller two-step have been around for a long time; it would be nice if ID critics would recognize and perhaps answer them. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, amphibian, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, central nervous system, cichlid fishes, circulatory system, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, E. coli, effective population size, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary theory, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fish, John Jay College, John McDonald, lemurs, macroevolution, Madagascar, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, neutral theory, nylonase, organs, ossicles, Robert J. Marks II, Skeptic Magazine, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In His Latest Review of Behe’s Darwin Devolves, Nathan Lents Misses the Forest for the Trees

_{Brian Miller
April 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists now increasingly believe that major adaptations are driven by neutral mutations. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 28, 2011

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, abiogenesis, credulity, early Earth, geochemistry, misinformation, mythology, primordial soup, Skeptic Magazine, skepticism, Stanley Miller}

Skeptic Magazine Unskeptical about Miller-Urey Experiment

_{Casey Luskin
February 28, 2011

Biochemistry, Origin of Life, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Skeptic Magazine shows no skepticism towards the Miller-Urey experiment, instead claiming the experiment simulated the early earth’s atmosphere. Recently I went to a local bookstore and found myself perusing the latest issue of Skeptic Magazine, “A Perspective on the Nature and Origin of Life.” The cover story was on the origin of life, and written by chemical engineer Paul F. Deisler Jr. (Vol. 16, No. 2). While the article admits that “[c]urrent scientific detection technology and exploration have not yet found traces within the transition period to show how non-life became life,” it nonetheless puffs the weak evidence for the origin of life. In particular, it promotes the Miller-Urey experiment without any mention of the fact that there are severe Read More ›