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No, Dr. Who, You Can’t Do That!

Byhenry September 22, 2016

So says (or at least that’s what I derive from) the work of Dr. Richard Muller. Enjoy!

Christianity | Creation and Evolution | Intelligent Design | Religion | Science

Why I Believe in a Designer but Don’t Accept Intelligence Design
Byhenry August 13, 2011
This was triggered by Ed Brayton’s answers to the short ID quiz, and particularly by the first question. 1. On a scale of 0 (diehard disbeliever) to 10 (firm believer), how would you rate your level of belief in Intelligent Design? (Minimal Definition of Intelligent Design: The idea that certain features of the universe and…
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The Age of the Earth – Not a Minor Difference
Byhenry November 12, 2009
In the good old days when I used to have a seminar on this topic that I used in churches, I had an overhead transparency that showed the age of the earth (along with some of the various geological time periods). This was represented by a line that went the length of the slide. Beside…
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How Certain is Science?
Byhenry January 5, 2011
Rationally Speaking has a great article on the uncertainties in scientific research and what they mean about science. I think a good deal of the problem here is that people expect certainty, and science doesn’t provide this. Occasionally one can get near certainty, but absolute certainty is elusive. On the frontiers of medicine, especially, you’ll…
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And There It Is!
Byhenry July 14, 2015
I’ve been fascinated by Pluto since I found out it existed way, way back in prehistoric times. So here it is. I’m looking forward to closer images after the flyby. SNEAK PEEK of gorgeous Pluto! The dwarf planet has sent a love note back to Earth via our New Horizons spacecraft, which has traveled…
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Science and Replication (or not)
Byhenry May 12, 2016
An article today on FiveThirtyEight says it’s possible that the simple awarding of badges to those who follow certain procedures (openness of data, revealing methodology, etc), may have sparked an increase in these good practices. Or not, of course. The correlation is pretty clear. The causation is somewhat less so. It could be that all…
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A Query for my Scientifically Oriented Friends
Byhenry July 15, 2009
In an article on MSNBC’s Cosmic Log, titled How Politeness Evolved, I find the following quote: “It is far from obvious how turn-taking evolved without language or insight in animals shaped by natural selection to pursue their individual self-interests,” University of Leicester psychologist Andrew Colman said last week in a news release about the research….
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