Monthly Archives: April 2012
Evolution Just Took Another Hit—Right Where it Counts
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
Evolution is all about reproduction—those that reproduce the most are the winners. And if you were paying attention in biology class you will remember that nature has many different types of reproduction designs. These reproduction subsystems, according to evolution, should align with the other biological subsystems to form a consistent evolutionary tree. This consistency is,… more
Sorting science from speculation: Handy guides available
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Science |
Watch out for “may have,” “might have,” “could have,” “would have,” “would have to have” … in other words, the researchers are only speculating. more
From The Best Schools: Brain Scans: Modern-Day Phrenology or Analytical Tool? Part I
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under Education, News |
Heather Zeiger (28 April 2012) explains, first, how it works here … more
Assessing Thomas Kuhn’s legacy: “It’s not so clear that there will be any more revolutions in physics”
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy, Science |
If Hacking or others want to put down Kuhn, they’ll have to do better than this. more
Human evolution: From Scientific American, a startling admission …
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
“The origin of our genus, Homo, is one of the biggest mysteries facing scholars of human evolution.” more
Lizard nourishes its young via a … placenta
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under Evolution, News |
“The fetal tissues actually invade the uterine ones, much like in humans,” Blackburn says. “It’s totally unexpected.” more
He said it: Newton in Principia, on rules of reasoning for experimental philosophy
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Education, ID Foundations, Philosophy, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
The ongoing debates over methodological naturalism have pointed us back to Newton’s Rules for scientific reasoning. So, thanks to Paul Halshall of Fordham University’s Modern History Sourcebook, let us cite for reference: ___________________ >> Modern History Sourcebook: Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [Excerpts] [The Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy] RULE I We… more
Uncommon Descent Contest: Give Darwinist Jerry Coyne’s atheist crusade/jihad a name – judged
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Intelligent Design, News, Uncommon Descent Contest |
It was fun. So many clever entries, so little time away from the grind … more
Here’s the Rundown on the Latest Evolution Blackball Operation
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
University of Texas El Paso mathematics professor Granville Sewell wrote a paper on how the second law of thermodynamics bears on the theory of evolution. The paper was peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. But after a blogger complained the journal, Applied Mathematics Letters (AML), pulled the article, in violation of its own professional standards. That evolutionary blackball operationended… more
Why Aren’t Theistic Evolutionists Called Evolutionary Creationists?
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
I’m just wondering. ID proponents have been called creationists in cheap tuxedos. Intelligent design theory has been called “intelligent design creationism.” It seems to me that to be consistent, theistic evolutionists such as Francis Collins should be called — with an obviously pejorative intent — evolutionary creationists, or perhaps creationists in expensive tuxedos. Is there… more
They said it: Dr Nick Matzke vs Dr John Lennox on the Laws of Nature and Miracles
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, Education, ID Foundations, Intellectual freedom, Philosophy, Popular culture, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
In the ongoing Methodological Naturalism thread, at no. 66, Dr Matzke is on record: massive observational evidence and the logic of our understanding of natural laws rules say that that miracle thing can’t happen. In short he holds that the laws of nature forbid miracles. (And recall, here, we are speaking about the late publicist… more
Mystery of the Cambrian explosion solved! … sediment caused it! …
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Cambrian explosion, News |
The Cambrian explosion is only a mystery if you are trying to explain how it could have happened absent any design in nature. Otherwise, it is just a phase in the history of life, … more
This amphibian is just about indistinguishable from a worm
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Evolution, News |
Is this Devolution in Action!? Oh wait! Wasn’t that supposed to be Evo- … oh, never mind. more
Does analytical thinking cause religious faith to diminish?
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy, Religion |
” … the latest new atheist trend in studying religion: The claim that analytical thinking dissipates it” more
Social sciences: Clergy who no longer believe but stay anyway
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Religion |
Curious that people who believe in “goodness” do not believe in God. And some of us would caution against believing anything that Daniel Dennett says in this area … more
“No religion” is fastest growing religious designation?
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Religion |
That’s true … but growth increments of small numbers are much more impressive than equal size growth gains of large ones. more
A law expert’s thoughts on new atheism as a religion
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Laws, News |
“Atheism refers to the affirmative belief that there is no god, and that ultimate questions of morality and purpose can be answered using the scientific method.” more
Here is That Secret Gnosis Evolutionists Have
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
In the previous post we learned that evolutionists have a secret gnosis. They say science must be limited to naturalistic explanations (the so-called methodological naturalism), yet their science knows no limits (the so-called property of completeness) and is presented as a reasonably accurate model of reality (the so-called property of realism). Now there’s nothing wrong… more
Attempt to repeal Louisiana’s “okay to teach Darwin’s flaws” bill fails
| April 28, 2012 | Posted by News under News, science education |
If, in four years, no one has come up with an instance of violating federal or state laws, the opponents of the bill should find something better to do with their time. more
Astronomers: Not searching for planets to colonize is like dismissing Columbus’1492 journey?
| April 28, 2012 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Exoplanets, News |
Not sure the analogy works. Europeans in Columbus’ day had known for millennia that China existed but didn’t know of a viable sea route for trade. more