Tag: University of Rochester

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Date
June 5, 2026

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __featured2, Adam Frank, astrophysicists, biologists, consciousness, dualism, emergence, Güneş Taylor, Institute for Arts and Ideas, Lisa Feldman Barrett, materialism, Michael Levin, neuroscientists, perspectival view, physicists, religion, spacetime, Stephen Hawking, straightjacket, superstition, third-person view, universe, University of Rochester, Werner Heisenberg, YouTube channels}

Scientists Ask, “Is Materialism Holding Science Back?”

_{Science & Culture
June 5, 2026

Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Is materialism a straightjacket? The very fact that a respectable conversation is going on around this question tells us that something has changed. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, biological novelty, Cambrian Explosion, complex life, diversification, earth, Ediacaran biota, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, magnetic field, oxygenation, sudden appearance, The Privileged Planet, University of Rochester}

Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

_{Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences

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This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 17, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metascience
Science Education
Tagged
, archeology, biological origins, cryptography, data integrity, data science, Design Inference, Forensics, information, intelligent design, Nature (journal), physicists, Piltdown Man, plagiarism, probabilities, probability, randomness, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, specification, Stanford University, University of Rochester, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Leveraging the Design Inference for Effectively Falsifying Data

_{William A. Dembski
April 17, 2024

Intelligent Design, Metascience, Science Education

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The academy raises generation after generation of inept data falsifiers who embrace the foolish naiveté that their shenanigans are immune to discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Genetics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Adam Frank, Big Bang, Big Think, chatbot, consciousness, cosmos, Dartmouth College, developmental biology, human experience, human mind, information, knowledge, Marcelo Gleiser, materialism, molecular evolution, neuroscience, universe, University of Rochester}

“Lived Experience” Is Science’s Blind Spot

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 12, 2024

Biology, Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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They are right about the dead ends. But is it true that the dead ends result merely from ignoring human experience? Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
March 10, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astrophysics, Big Bang, CERN, cosmic origins, creation, Energy, Ernst Mayr, evolution, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, matter, planets, stars, universe, University of Rochester}

What the Big Bang Theory Tells Us About Creation

_{Rob Sheldon
March 10, 2023

Cosmology, Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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The universe did not begin with a cosmic snow globe, or an accident at the CERN accelerator. It had to begin with Georges Lemaître’s "Cosmic Egg." Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, circadian clock, clocks, Cyanobacteria, Harvard Medical School, Japan, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, neurons, PLOS ONE, PNAS, rats, sleep, University of Illinois, University of Rochester, William Paley}

Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

_{Science & Culture
September 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›

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Author
John Mark Reynolds

Date
November 5, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Biola University, C.S. Lewis, email, Gandalf, Houston, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mongolia, Mount Doom, orthodoxy, Phillip E. Johnson, Plato, religion, The Lord of the Rings, University of Chicago, University of Rochester}

Phillip E. Johnson: Gandalf Has Gone to the West

_{John Mark Reynolds
November 5, 2019

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Phillip E. put it this way: “Take the ring to Mount Doom where only a miracle will save you and see.” This is one of the key lessons he taught me: dare to win. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, "rational suicide", AIDS, assisted suicide, Associated Press, culture, elderly, euthanasia, New Jersey, New York Times, palliative care, Philadelphia, suicide, University of Rochester, Washington Post}

Washington Post Boosts Elderly “Rational Suicide”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2019

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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The story ends with the phone number of a suicide prevention hotline. That’s just a sop after potentially putting lethal ideas into readers’ heads. Read More ›

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Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, astronauts, bacteria, Biomimetics, calcium carbonate, Darwinism, engineers, intelligent design, mother-of-pearl, nacre, North Carolina, Science Advances, swamps, University of Rochester, urea, Venus flytrap}

Human Designers Struggle to Match Biological Designs

_{Science & Culture
May 16, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Mother-of-pearl, or nacre, is not only a beautiful substance for jewelry and ceramics; it is a remarkable material. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Biology
Human Exceptionalism
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Frank, aliens, Avi Loeb, Carl Sagan, cosmos, earth, exoplanets, facts, Harvard University, humans, materialism, npr, optimism, science, University of Rochester}

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

_{David Klinghoffer
April 5, 2018

Biology, Human Exceptionalism, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›