Uncommon Descent Serving The Intelligent Design Community
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2019

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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 18, 2019
Categories
Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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In case you wondered why so much science journalism sounds like PR

News
July 18, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Because science boffins often want it that way. The biggest temptation for science journalists is to be cheerleaders instead of thoughtful and constructive critics. Everybody loves the cheerleader; the critic, however kindly and well-meaning, well — is just not loved so much. So one must be willing to be unpopular at times. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 15, 2019
Categories
Darwinism
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Irreducible Complexity
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Behe vindicated by goldfish? But of course!

News
July 15, 2019
Darwinism, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
3
We see devolution all the time with unintelligent causes. Animals gnaw a hole in the bottom of a jug of water and they get some water but the rest is wasted. They destroy the feedhouse door trying to get into the feed because they don’t know how to use the doorhandle. They do get fed but the feed is scattered and much is wasted. *That’s what an unintelligent cause is typically like.* Put another way, the animals won’t learn to use the doorhandle or the jug cap. But just to survive and reproduce, they might not need to. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 15, 2019
Categories
Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
Multiverse
Science
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What elements of fine-tuning of our universe (vs. the multiverse) would pass this test of science truth?

News
July 15, 2019
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Science
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Ethan Siegel: Even the most successful scientific theories imaginable will, by their very nature, have a limited range of validity. But we can theorize whatever we like, and when a new theory meets the following three criteria... Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 15, 2019
Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Mind
Naturalism
Science
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Study: Psychiatric diagnoses are “scientifically meaningless”

News
July 15, 2019
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Mind, Naturalism, Science
2
People can certainly derive help from their relationship with a psychiatrist but that is an entirely different matter from saying that the science is sound. As science buckles under the strain of trying to be a secular religion, it pays to get things like this straight. Read More ›