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Denyse O'Leary
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November 20, 2021
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Why actual science is not a world of simple solutions

Denyse O'Leary
November 20, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Jonny Thomson: We each approach the world armed with our own “maps” and expectations. As a result, it is highly unlikely that any scientific field will easily, if ever, coalesce around one simple answer to any complex question. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 19, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
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Eric Holloway at Mind Matters News: Can the “physical world” be wholly physical? Physical at all?

Denyse O'Leary
November 19, 2021
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
The Epicurean philosophy of pure physicalism is attractive to many but the logic of it, followed consistently, refutes itself. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 18, 2021
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At New Atlantis: Manufacturing a science consensus

Denyse O'Leary
November 18, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Mills: Whatever the outcome — whether we learn that the virus jumped to humans from an animal, or that it accidentally escaped from a laboratory, or we remain in a state of ignorance — the lab-leak debacle may become a potent symbol of science’s crisis of legitimacy… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 17, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Neil Thomas’s next book will examine Darwinism as a modern creation myth

Denyse O'Leary
November 17, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
Thomas: "Here I will make the attempt to drill down even further to the root causes of what appeared to be the Western world’s unprecedented rejection of tried-and-tested philosophers and scientists such as Aristotle, Cicero, Plato, and the physician Galen in a strange capitulation to “out there” philosophic fantasists like Epicurus and his Roman disciple, Lucretius." Darwin came along and made it all sound like… modern science! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 15, 2021
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Would it be better if more scientists studied philosophy?

Denyse O'Leary
November 15, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Lehewych: "Consider public health messaging during the pandemic, which consisted of a pattern of revelation and back-peddling. Worse, this pattern wasn’t even cohesive among scientists and medical experts: different experts in the same fields were simultaneously saying things about the pandemic that were contradictory and inconsistent. This only served to confuse the public and aggravate hyperpartisanship." He suggests that scientists study philosophy so as to avoid sounding like “sanctimonious know-it-alls.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 10, 2021
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Neil deGrasse Tyson vs. SteakUmm on the philosophy of science

Denyse O'Leary
November 10, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
The thing is, the saucy social media team at Steak-Umm has a point: What does it mean to say that science is “true”? Was all the contradictory nonsense barked at us during the COVID pandemic “true”? That isn’t even possible. Yet all the barkers will insist that whatever stuff they said was “science” and we will, it seems have to believe them on that one. But with what outcome… we shall see. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: Jonathan Bartlett Coming to the Defense of Classical Logic

Denyse O'Leary
November 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Philosophy, Science
Bartlett: It seems odd that classical logic would need defending, but, in modern times, this seems to indeed be the case. Many modern scholars see the need for demoting the place of classical logic and viewing it as an aspect of western cultural imperialism. In reality, classical logic is a gift to civilization. It was created in the classical west, but its benefit is that it belongs to everyone and can be equally wielded by anyone who chooses to do so. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 11, 2021
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Sabine Hossenfelder tackles pseudoscience — in a realistic way

Denyse O'Leary
October 11, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Hossenfelder: “And some crazy ideas in the end turn out to be correct.” Yes, and it could be worse than that. Given the complexity of life, there should be no surprise if dimwits played by fanatics and grifters - Establishment or otherwise - are fronting poorly supported ideas and trying to stamp out more correct ideas as “pseudoscience” because the poorly supported ideas are convenient, comforting, and profitable. Anyone who doubts that factor either hasn’t been around long or has not been paying attention. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 8, 2021
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Tal Bachman on the folly of “Trust science!”

Denyse O'Leary
October 8, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Prediction: As the smarter portion of the population begins to piece together what’s happened in the past few years, “Science!” is going to take a beating in public reputation. That’s too bad. But, under the circumstances, the harm done by continued uncritical belief may be greater than the harm done by disillusionment. Agree or disagree, we will likely find out. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2021
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Michael Egnor: The atheists’ Divine Hiddenness argument against God’s existence = nonsense

Denyse O'Leary
October 5, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Egnor: The Divine Hiddenness argument is nonsensical because divine hiddenness is inherent in the nature of the Creator and the creature, as noted above. Furthermore, the atheist Divine Hiddenness argument seems to imply a bizarre inference: if the disbelief of even one person in the world disproves the existence of God, then it stands to reason that the belief in God by that person — that one holdout — would prove His existence. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2021
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Vox on why you can’t trust Big Science

Denyse O'Leary
October 5, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
If you “trust” these science honchoes at all after this episode… well, COVID-19 is not as serious a threat as wilful stupidity. But going forward, another question looms: How much of “settled science” that has never been subjected to this type of careful outside scrutiny would likewise collapse? What ELSE don’t we know and what difference would it make in various science arenas? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, theism
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Michael Egnor: Science can and does point to God’s existence

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, theism
Egnor: Note that science studies natural effects and does not and cannot specify whether the causes must be natural or supernatural. To constrain science to the search for natural causes is to introduce inherent error into scientific investigation — the error is that if supernatural causes exist, then science would be blind to them and therefore would not be good science. If we are to understand natural effects, we must be open to all kinds of causes, including causes that transcend nature. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 1, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: 6. Is Matt Dillahunty using science as a crutch for his atheism?

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
That’s neurosurgeon Michael Egnor’s accusation in this third part of the debate, which features continued discussion of singularities, where conventional “laws of nature” break down. Read More ›