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23May 2023 by Post

A War of Words? How to Tell Who Won the Tour-Farina Debate

abiogenesis, agnostics, atheists, Chemistry, citation bluffing, Dave Farina, debates, Discovery Institute, Evolution, James Tour, Life Sciences, origin of life, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, rhetoric, Rice University, theatrics, YouTube videos

Over three subsequent posts, I’m going to elaborate on three reasons that we can see that Tour won, based upon a rhetorical analysis of the debate. Source

26Jan 2022 by Post

Eric Anderson: Probability and Intelligent Design

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Anderson taps an area of his expertise, the ongoing efforts to create self-reproducing machines, and he applies it to the mystery of life’s origin. Source

26Mar 2021 by Post

What’s Wrong with Calling Intelligent Design “Anti-Evolution”?

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The term “anti-evolution” has been used for decades, over and over, by untold numbers of defenders of Darwin and critics of the theory of intelligent design. Source

27Feb 2021 by Post

From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

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Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Source