Supernovae and Black Holes
At Science News: Astronomers have found the closest known black hole to Earth
At Quanta Magazine: A Dream of Discovering Alien Life Finds New Hope
At The Scientist: Some Honey Bee Swarms Generate Electrical Charges Stronger Than Storms
At Phys.org: Can cosmic inflation be ruled out?
L&FP, 63: Do design thinkers, theists and the like “always” make bad arguments because they are “all” ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked?
Dawkins’ barbed blanket dismissiveness comes up far too often in discussions of the design inference and related themes. Rarely, explicitly, most often by implication of a far too commonly seen no concessions, selectively hyperskeptical policy that objectors to design too often manifest. It is time to set this straight. First, we need to highlight fallacious, crooked yardstick thinking (as exposed by naturally straight and upright plumb-lines). And yes, that classical era work, the Bible, is telling: Notice, a pivotal point here, is self-evident truths. Things, similar to 2 + 3 = 5: Notoriously, Winston Smith in 1984 is put on the rack to break his mind to conform to The Party’s double-think. He is expected to think 2 + 2 Read More ›
At SciTech Daily: Artificial Cells With Lifelike Functionality – New Breakthrough Brings Scientists One Step Closer
At Evolution News: A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose
At Phys.org: Learning to better understand the language of algae
At Reasons.org: “I Think, Therefore It Must Be True,” Part 2: The Science of Certainty
An updated ( but not exhaustive) list of how to detect intelligent design
How to recognize the signature of (past) intelligent action https://reasonandscience.catsboard.com/t2805-how-to-recognize-the-signature-of-past-intelligent-action Claim: Herbert Spencer: “Those who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as not adequately supported by facts, seem quite to forget that their own theory is supported by no facts at all.” Reply: Contrasting and comparing “intended” versus “accidental” arrangements leads us to the notion of design. We have extensive experience-based knowledge of the kinds of strategies and systems that designing minds devise to solve various kinds of functional problems. We also know a lot about the kinds of phenomena that various natural causes produce. For this reason, we can observe the natural world, and living systems, and make informed inferences based on the unraveled and discovered evidence. A physical system is Read More ›