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We are the Meaning Makers

If I were Jason Kuznicki, I'd be irritated. Here's Jim's explanation of his "puzzle": It's all about trying to find

Matthew Lee AndersonScience

Daniel Dennett Jumps the Shark

Daniel Dennett is the new H.G. Wells and Leon Wieseltier is his Chesterton.  Dennett's latest book, Breaking the Spell:  Religion as Natural Phenomenon, seems to be an

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyScience

Part IV - What is "information"?

Many thanks to Radar, a newcomer, for his thoughtful comments and his referencing real research in the areas we are discussing and attempting to shed light on. Radar, I assume

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyScience

Part II - What, then, IS intelligent design?

It is an interpretation of the evidence found in the observable universe. *In interpreting evidence, there are three types of causes used by scientists. 1. Law, 2. chance, and 3.

TexPhilosophyScience

ID the Missing Link?

Intelligent design may be the missing link to restoring relations between the Muslim world and the West. So argues Mr. Akyol in an exciting and, no doubt, provocative essay. Here&

Keith E. BuhlerScience

How scientific is the myth? Part II

Jim, if you'll join me again, I am picking up the world-origins debate. I am reading through Briane Greene's book The Fabric of the Cosmos,

Keith E. BuhlerScience

Three mysteries in science

1. What is light? How does it work? 2. What is gravity? Seriously, why do things fall towards massive objects like the Earth? 3. What is smaller than electrons and

Keith E. BuhlerScience

"Green" Energy

Ways of collecting energy: Windmills, solar panels, dams... Add to this list "Manchester Bobbers," a natural energy harvester being tested in the UK. Floating cylinders collect electricity as

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyScience

How scientific is the myth?

Jim, if you'll join me again, I am picking up the world-origins debate. I am reading through Briane Greene's book The Fabric of the Cosmos,

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyScience

Evolutionary Theory Confusions

My brother recently accused Mere-O of attempting to increase traffic by referencing "scantily clad women" (twice). I'm not sure anyone looking for said women would

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyScience

Scientism and the Death of Wisdom

Many thanks to Joe Carter at Evangelical Outpost for hosting the symposium. Ethics in our ostensibly pluralistic society have become increasingly dominated by a single voice: science. In the 2004

Andrew SelbyPhilosophyScience

More fun at naturalism.org...

Check out the "Naturalism and Spirituality" page. The first line strikes me as a bit funny and ironic: Although naturalism may at first seem an unlikely basis for