13Mar 2024 by Post

Un-Canceled Science

astronomy, Ball State University, Biola University, Canceled Science, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, cosmology, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, faculty, free speech, God’s Not Dead, history, information theory, molecular biology, philosophy, Physics, Earth & Space, reasons to believe, Rice Broocks, science, teaching, tenure, The Boundaries of Science
in one event, the number of people who heard this evidence was more than twice the total number of students who participated in my Boundaries of Science course. Source
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07Mar 2024 by Post

Up from Dawkins: Summer Seminars Were a Turning Point for Me

academics, alumni, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Springs, Discovery Institute, Education, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary, Glen Eyrie Castle, Human Errors, Intelligent Design, mathematical biology, misinformation, molecular biology, Nathan Lents, paleontology, population genetics, professionals, researchers, Richard Dawkins, scientific enterprise, scientists, students, Summer Seminars, The Blind Watchmaker, Unlocking the Mystery of Life
I wanted to determine whether I was, as Richard Dawkins asserted, an accident of nature. Or was I created by God? Source
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06Mar 2024 by Post

Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

Ann Gauger, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, cosmology, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Education, environmental fitness, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, intrinsic plausibility, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Danaher, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, motives, Phillip Johnson, prior probability, probability theory, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, teach the controversy, theistic religion, University of Galway, William Dembski
If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Source
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26Feb 2024 by Post

You’re Invited! Get the Total Solar Eclipse Experience, April 7-8, in Waxahachie, TX

astrobiologists, astronomical occurrences, birds, Center for Science and Culture, conferences, cosmos, Dallas–Fort Worth, Discovery Institute, Events, fine-tuning, football field, gridlock traffic, Guillermo Gonzalez, hotels, insects, Intelligent Design, Jay W. Richards, North America, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, registration, scientific discovery, sky, solar eclipses, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, stars, sunset, temperature, Texas, The Privileged Planet, total solar eclipse, totality, universe, Waxahachie
Beyond the sensory experience lies something even more astonishing — a cosmological coincidence of metaphysical significance to human existence.  Source
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18Jan 2024 by Post

Peer Review May Be Beyond Reform

abortions, academic literature, Campbell’s Law, Carole Hooven, conflict of interest, Culture & Ethics, Cynthia Hudson Vitale, DEI, Discovery Institute, disinformation, Donald T. Campbell, evolutionary biologists, Fertility, Frontiers in Psychology, Goodhart’s Law, Harvard University, Laszlo Bencze, Leslie D. McIntosh, mental health, Mind Matters News, paleontology, peer reviewers, pregnancy, pro-life, retraction, Robert J. Marks, Walter Bradley Center
Harvard is going to have quite a job convincing the world that it is still serious about reality-based thinking, never mind peer review. Source
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20Dec 2023 by Post

The Rocks Cry Out — Looking Back on My Year

Center for Science and Culture, Christmas, colleagues, Colorado Springs, conference center, corporate world, Creativity, Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, innovation, Intelligent Design, leadership, Meaning, purpose, rocks, scholarship, scientists, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design
We enjoyed our staff Christmas lunch yesterday at Ivar’s in downtown Seattle and a number of colleagues spoke movingly. Source
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