Tag: straw man

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, New Atheists, persuasion, podcast, rhetorical strategies, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›

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Date
June 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abduction, caricature, colleagues, dialogue, Evolution News, friends, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, misinformation, podcast, Socratic method, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

How to Discuss Intelligent Design with Friends

_{Science and Culture
June 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

There is so much misinformation about the theory of ID that many well-intended people reject not the actual theory but a silly caricature, a straw man. Read More ›

Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Cloudina, cnidarians, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, Doushantuo fossils, embryos, Eumetazoa, evolution, fossils, Gregory Retallack, homology, Ikaria, intelligent design, Internet, Kimberella, Metazoa, microfossils, Namacalathus, New York Times, Precambrian animals, Professor Dave, Spiralicellula, sponges, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Tribrachidium, Vernanimalcula, White Sea assemblage, Yilingia, YouTubers}

“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
December 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

22}

A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, bacteria, Darwin-skeptics, Discovering Intelligent Design, evolution, fossil record, horses, Icons of Evolution, Khan Academy, macroevolution, straw man, YouTube videos}

Khan Academy “Evidence for Evolution” Video Pushes the Fake Fossil Horses Series

_{Casey Luskin
February 9, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

7}

The video draws arrows from one species of fossil horses to the next and says “there is a constant change and we can see it directly through the fossil record.” Read More ›

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Date
May 5, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, caricature, Evolution News, friends, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, podcast, skeptics, Socratic method, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

How to Discuss Intelligent Design with Skeptics

_{Science and Culture
May 5, 2021

Intelligent Design

1}

There is so much misinformation about the theory of intelligent design that many well-intended people reject not the actual theory but a silly caricature. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, persuasion, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 27, 2021

Evolution, Philosophy

1}

Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›

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Date
October 23, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Dover trial, evolution, humor, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, logic, Michael Behe, molecular machines, mousetrap, New York Times, Science (journal), scientists, straw man, The Edge of Evolution}

November: In a New Book, Michael Behe Springs a Trap for Darwin

_{Science and Culture
October 23, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

How could blind evolution arrange biochemical parts into complex functional wholes one small step at a time, as Darwin and his followers envision? Read More ›

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Date
June 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, critics, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, detective, Discovery Institute, education, Forensics, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, straw man, students}

Reeves: Getting Intelligent Design Wrong, and Getting It Right

_{Science and Culture
June 3, 2020

Intelligent Design

1}

Daniel Reeves explains what ID really is — it's not unlike detective work — and the central question ID seeks to answer. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
November 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bias, Christianity, Genesis, J.B.S. Haldane, Judaism, Lawrence Krauss, methodological naturalism, moral agency, Robert Pennock, science, secularism, straw man, theism, theology, Tom Gilson}

Dump the Metaphysics — How About Methodological Regularism?

_{Tom Gilson
November 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science

9}

Science doesn’t need methodological naturalism. It doesn’t need methodological theism, either. Read More ›

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- 3rd Space Operations Squadron goalie Matt Pincus saves a ball during intramural soccer action Thursday. 3rd SOPS fell to the Joint National Integration Center 3-1 for their first loss of the season. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lorna Gutierrez)

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", Ann Gauger, corpses, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, evolution, Human Errors, Human Zoos, intelligent design, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Nathan Lents, neurosurgeon, Noam Chomsky, Of Pandas and People, pseudoscience, Roman Catholic, speech, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski, Zombie Science (book)}

As a Critic of Intelligent Design, Nathan Lents Fails to Connect

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2018

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

5}

Initially, I was pleased to find someone who might be an interesting new participant in the evolution debate. Read More ›