Author: Paul Nelson
Do You Like SETI? Fine, Then Let’s Dump Methodological Naturalism
After reading my article about MN, a correspondent wrote and asked a good question.
Methodological Naturalism: A Rule That No One Needs or Obeys
The only real motivation for holding to MN is to keep the bad guys at bay, as an all-purpose "Press Button in Case of Emergency" defeater for ideas like intelligent design.
Still Awaiting Engagement: A Reply to Robert Bishop on Darwin’s Doubt
What matters is whether any of these theories can explain what needs to be explained: the origin of novel animal body plans and the biological information necessary to produce them.
Still Awaiting Full Engagement: Ralph Stearley’s "Well, Maybe, Who Knows?" Review of Darwin’s Doubt
If real, design is a datum of nature, like it or not. Bad philosophies of science, like materialism, need to get out of the way.
Evolution Used the Same Molecular Toolkit? Common Sense from Jonathan Marks
Marks is an evolutionary biologist/anthropologist at the University of North Carolina, and an uncommonly plain speaker and writer.