Tag: philosophy
About Those Odd Patterns in the Chinese Desert
Any real scientist would see that they are in fact the product of chance and necessity alone which fully account for their coming into existence and being picked up by Google Earth.
Watch Oxford Mathematician John Lennox’s Response to Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design
Is philosophy dead, as Hawking claims? Are scientists the new (self-appointed) torch-bearers of truth? Is the so-called M-theory the “only viable candidate” for a complete ‘theory of everything’? Watch Lennox’s response in this exclusive full-length video.
Metamorphosis Debuts at Butterfly World, Florida
One butterfly enthusiast in attendance was heard to say, “Take even the most hardened scientist to see the butterflies in Mexico, and they will be moved to tears.”
Broadening the Faith and Evolution Debate in the Washington Post
CSC senior fellow John West has an article up at Washington Post‘s “On Faith” blog highlighting the importance of an open and broad debate on faith and evolution — one that includes intelligent design proponents. Dawkins and Collins are often put forward as the two alternatives in discussions over faith and evolution, but since they both embrace Darwin’s theory, they represent only a thin slice of the overall debate. Largely shut out from current media coverage are the growing number of scientists, as well as the vast majority of Americans, who view Darwin’s theory with skepticism. In an effort to broaden the conversation, Discovery Institute has launched www.faithandevolution.org, a website featuring scientists and scholars who aren’t afraid to ask tough Read More ›
Hello Evolution, Nice to Meet You
I believe it was Philip Johnson who once said that if you replaced the word “evolution” in biology textbooks with the word “design,” almost nothing of substance would change. I think he was right. We wonder at nature, not because we are so ignorant, as some people think, but rather because it is so amazing. As Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt explained in A Meaningful World, nature displays true genius. And it is this plain fact that drives design-deniers to deify, or at least personify, Evolution. Take as just one example this extremely fascinating article, “To Be a Baby,” (a play on Thomas Nagel’s question of what it is like to “be a bat”) from Seed Magazine. The article is Read More ›