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Ten (or so) Anti-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

I have posted the second video in my two part book recommendation series on the YouTube channel. In the previous video I highlighted many books that argue for intelligent design. My view is that proponents of design should face the strongest criticisms possible, and not be afraid of doing so. In line with this philosophy, Read More…

Mathematics

At Mind Matters News: Why don’t we see many great books on math any more?

Decades ago, Gregory Chaitin reminds us, mathematicians were not forced by the rules of the academic establishment to keep producing papers, so they could write key books.

ET seversky: I am not aware of any scientist or philosopher of science who thought that the environment acted like an... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
polistra Ends vs means is a complex balance, with no automatic rule. If the end is good, I'm not bothered by... – Trust in science: How the replication...
ET Debates are akin to duels. If you don't know what you are talking about then you get exposed as a... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
ET It is very telling that Bob O'H doesn't understand the implications of: In other words if the environment changes, so... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
mohammadnursyamsu The major problem with natural selection theory is that it puts prejudical focus on competition scenario's. So that you get... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
PaV Here's an interesting paper on Darwin's (potentially flawed) of what artificial selection involved. Part of the Abstract: In this paper... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
Querius Thanks, Silver Asiatic and Bornagain77! So considering the debate between philosopher Dr. Greg Bahnsen and atheist physiologist Dr. Gordon Stein,... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
bornagain77 Querius, Bingo. All arguments for atheism are logically self refuting nonsense. Moreover, via 'the argument from reason', we can even... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
AaronS1978 Sev we literally post hundreds of argyle that have that exact narrative here on UD I’m mean hell just look... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
Querius Bob O'H @49, Oh, so I managed to get a response from you . . . but you still haven't... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Querius Good thoughts. It’s never been the purpose of ID since its inception to identify any particular agency of that... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Silver Asiatic Bob O'H And even in that simple case, the motions look random. So saying “it’s random so it can’t be... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
zweston Bob, have you ever doubted darwinism? And what do you think are the three best proofs of macroevolution? – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Bornagain77, The argument from evil is certainly not a powerful argument. If fact it is a logically self refuting argument.... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
chuckdarwin #7:Silver Asiatic SA, thank you for your comments, you are always gracious. – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Seversky The central problem with such claims is that the environment is not conscious, as depicted, e.g., in the Disney movie... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
bornagain77 CD, I disagree that logical argumentation is useless. And if you really believed that logical argumentation was useless, then why... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
bornagain77 Seversky, and has it occurred to that there so many arguments for the existence of God because God is the... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Querius Silver Asiatic @7, Christianity, for example, is not an intellectual formula where you just plug into the logic and then... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Bob O'H Querius - if you're going to talk about me behind my back, it really helps to do so somewhere where... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Bob O'H SA @ 44 - The three body problem is understood because gravity is a constant. It can be analyzed mathematically... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...