5 hours ago by Cornelius Hunter

It has long been understood that elaborate explanations can always be contrived in order to explain observations. But why should we believe they are true? The backward motion of planets can be explained by a series of epicycles, designed specifically to fit the peculiar motion. But with heliocentris ...

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7 hours ago by William Dembski

Steve Barr and I used to be friends. I’m not sure he would consider me one any longer. According to his latest posting at First Things ( go here), “Religion has a significant number of friends (and potential friends) in the scientific world. The ID movement is not creating new ones.” And since creat ...

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13 hours ago by M.W. Chase

I just stumbled across this book on Amazon.com and haven’t been able to stop laughing for the past two hours (I may need to call my doctor… although he might die of laughter too). I love irony. Yes, it is a real book. Excuse me. I must get back to laughing now. [...]

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15 hours ago by F

A new First Things post by Stephen Barr contends that Intelligent Design argument have “done positive harm” ( “The End of Intelligent Design?, HT: Davey). It’s an interesting article with an interesting thesis. Yet, Barr’s post feels sloppy, for a couple of reasons. First, he doesn’t really explain ...

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17 hours ago by The Curmudgeon

THE neo-theocrats at the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture (a/k/a the Discoveroids) are promoting another creationist book. Their blog announces: Interview with Intelligent Design Mathematician Granville Sewell Now Online Who is “intelligent design mathematician” Granville Sewell? ...

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19 hours ago by Andrew Sibley

Fred Pearce in the Guardian asks whether Climategate will lead to changes in the way science is reviewed, from peer review to open access review. ‘Climategate’ was PR disaster that could bring healthy reform of peer review – Peer-review was meant to be a safeguard against the publication of bad scie ...

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20 hours ago by Pekka S

I en artikel i Världen Idag (och på Claphaminstitutets blogg) skriver Tuve Skånberg om Darwins, Einsteins och andra forskares syn på Gud existens. Skånberg utgår ifrån Paulus som menade att: "Det man kan veta om Gud kan de ju själva se; Gud har gjort det uppenbart för dem. Ty alltsedan världens skap ...

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21 hours ago by doctore0

Gawd had no idea.. ———-8

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22 hours ago by Ziztur

I got this email a few weeks ago! Ziztur, Well, I just finished my 4th seminar with Dr. Harrub, and I think we agree on one thing... He can pack in the information. You may or may not agree with any or all, but your name popped up in a google search and I wanted to find out what were you top 5 issue ...

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