Becoming Skeptical of Modern Skepticism

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Some skepticism is warranted. None of us want to live within a paradigm of naivety. No one wants to blindly accept every foolish notion that comes down the pipeline. A quick glance at social media along with the acknowledgment of the tweaks and twists that artificial intelligence can bring to videos and audio files only intensifies our need for discernment. Even still, as believers, we must differentiate between discernment and all-out skepticism. Discernment evaluates data to see whether the information is valid and trustworthy. In contrast, skepticism doubts or denies claims that seem to be grandiose or beyond the status quo. Even more to the point, skepticism can deny propositional claims. When left unrestrained, skepticism could lead to doubt, which in turn can lead to the denial of propositions (i.e.,…
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

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Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Source
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Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity

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It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited. Source
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From Darwinists, a Shift in Tone on Nanomachines

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The shift in tone from then to now is remarkable. What happened to the awe these systems used to inspire? Source
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How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Source
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For Darwin, Timing Was Everything

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Charles Darwin, as we saw yesterday, pulled off an intellectual coup against the major thinkers of the Western tradition. How did he do it? Source
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Evolution Versus Design: An Ancient Debate

Anaximande, Anaximenes, ancient Greeks, atomism, Charles Darwin, Creation, daemons, David Hume, De Rerum Natura, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, dryads, Enlightenment, Epicurus, Evolution, Fates, genii, George Strodach, Greek gods, harpies, Intelligent Design, Iphigenia, Jesuit Pierre Gassendi, King Agamemnon, Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, Poggio Braccioloni, Romans, satyrs, Stephen Greenblatt, The Art of Happiness, Thomas Creech
The universe, according to Epicureanism, is without a creator, a purposeless and non-intelligent concourse of atoms without any cosmic source of direction. Source
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