Tag: Kirk Durston
Evolution Is Not Like Physics
A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.”
From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists
The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment.
Watch: The Multiverse Is Some Scientists’ “God of the Gaps”
This brand of scientific ideology requires a “God of the gaps” — Eugene Koonin’s “present model” — to explain away mysteries like the origin of life.
Listen: Kirk Durston on Fantasy Science and Scientism
One example of fantasy science, according to Durston, is the multiverse.
Biophysicist and Philosopher Kirk Durston on Experimental, Inferential, and Fantasy Science
In a conversation with host Andrew McDiarmid, Dr. Durston describes how abductive reasoning can be used as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information.