Piltdown Superman

People expect scientists to evaluate data according to logic, but that seems to be happening less. Indeed, critical thinking is shunned by people and what can be called stupidification is taking its place . People "think" with their emotions and parrot what people they admire have said. In my workplace, I have seen certain workers playing videos of people pontificating that they are victims of Conservatives. (Interesting how these "oppressed" people ignore the fact that they have public platforms for their views.) Lucy's evolutionary transitional form status is an example of poor critical thinking. Modified from a public domain image at  Wikimedia Commons Let's first consider medical science. In 2001, I was having chest pains. A doctor said that if he were a betting man, he's bet that my problem was anxiety. Although educated, it was his opinion  based on incomplete evidence; there was  a problem that was resolved with an angioplasty and stent. In 2023,...

Atheists and other evolutionists have their invisible friends, clinging to them by faith, not evidence. The belief in extraterrestrials is based on blind faith springing from evolutionary presuppositions. "Lookit all them stars, there's gotta be life, I tellya." Not a peep, which is the Fermi Paradox . Yes, a passel of planets beyond our solar system has been discovered. Those exoplanets are not helpful, and are even harmful  to secular theories . Astrobiologists (there is no astro to biologize, a fake job) depend on planets being found in the Goldilocks Zone. Darwin dancing with space alien in pale moonlight made at  Bing AI , edited at  cleanup.pictures This Goldilocks Zone draws its name from the fairy tale involving three bears: A planet's orbit cannot be too hot or too cold, it must be just right. Then evolutionists hope and pray to their puny gods that abiogenesis occurred out yonder , thereby negating the Creator. Isn't that stupid? It is even worse because...

Because of evolutionary presuppositions, the discovery of the first Archaeopteryx lithographica  fossil shortly after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species , it caused quite a stir. The scientific community was beginning to take Darwin seriously, and here was alleged evidence for the first bird. Over the years, other  Archaeopteryx  fossils were discovered. Darwin's disciples were pushing the idea that dinosaurs evolved into birds, so Archie was claimed to be a transitional form. This has been debunked, but the transitional form concept is zombified and keeps coming back. Archaeopteryx lithographica, WikiComm, National Geographic Society / James L. Amos (PD) There are no half measures involved. The feathers were determined to be the kind used in flight, it had a wishbone (muscles attach there) so that involved flight as well, and other features of critters that exist today. In fact, it could be likened to the way a modern pheasant flies. No transitional form ...

Biblical creationists have put a great deal of effort into researching Noah's Ark, and I reckon that the folks at Answers in Genesis have put extra work into it. After all, they built a life-sized replica based on what they understood from the Bible. Scoffers reject the Ark and the Genesis Flood out of hand. However, people who want to know if AiG (really, creationists in general) are being consistent with their stated worldview. There are controversies on how long Noah had to build the Ark in the first place. Noah's Ark, Pixabay /  Jeff Jacobs  (modified at  PhotoFunia ) The difficulties on the time it took Noah had to build the Ark include his age, the age of maturity of his sons, and interpretations of the biblical text. There are also questions about the technology available and use of animal power  — creationists believe (and history shows) that ancient people were very intelligent. In addition, Noah may have employed the locals to help with the construction; ha...

Although secularists often resent the distinction, there are two kinds of science . Operational  science deals with the here and now: analyzing, building, treating illnesses, etc. When science is used to attempt to explain what happened in the past, it is historical  science — for obvious reasons. When scientists propose ideas for what happened in the past, there should be evidence for their claims. Biblical creationists believe that the Genesis Flood was a global catastrophe. Two aspects of Flood geology include the runoff of the waters and the accompanying erosion. Rocks showing layers near Hurley, NY, Unsplash / Cowboy Bob Sorensen Small areas of erosion are no big deal, but geologists know that there is continental  erosion. There are several ways of measuring it. Coal is important for this process in some areas. The lack of it in the Great Plains and the flatness of the area makes it very difficult to estimate erosion. Other areas have domes with erosion around them....

Obviously, dancing has taken many forms through the ages. Regal dances with rooms full of people synchronized in slow, precise moves. Couples doing waltzes and other precision steps. Townspeople dancing in spontaneous expressions of joy. People in clubs moving to the beat. Solo dancing. And many more. Have you ever seen a troop of chimpanzees doing a line dance or the Monkey ? Me, neither. Apes are simply not built for that. If you ask people why  they dance, they will probably say that it is fun and makes them feel good. Actually, a great deal is happening. Four dancing couples in rustic costume, New York Public Library Digital Collections . 1745 - 1899 Sure, feel-good hormones (endorphins) are being released in social dancing, but the brain is doing many other things as well. Dancing takes coordination. Ever watched a group of Celtic dancers in complete intricate union? Amazing. It's not just the feet, either. Other areas of our brains and physiology are utilized and even develop...

Over fifty years ago, the Institute for Creation Research was established primarily through the efforts of Dr. Henry M. Morris. Dr. Duane T. Gish joined him a bit later, the others. It reorganized in recent years under new leadership. Their free  Acts & Facts magazine has been published since 1972. A recent edition discussed eleven myths of standard (conventional) science beliefs, and I will present several or all when I feature ICR material here. Folks may bristle at the idea that there are myths in science, especially evolution, but they do exist. Charles Darwin the thug It may come as a shock to some people, but science is actually a philosophy. Several, actually. Scientists based their interpretations of facts based on their worldviews. Most believe that the universe is very old. There are evolutionary views of the cosmos, geology, biology, and so on. Indeed, Charles Darwin did not create evolution . Another shock for some people is that evolution is actually an ancient ph...

It is obvious that the secular science industry is opposed to intelligent design, and C. Richard Dawkins set forth a kind of mantra that living things only appear designed . (Indeed, a paper was retracted for using the word creator .) Astronomers, geologists and others adhere to the same anti-Creator bias. Every once in a while, the Darwin Ranch (out yonder near Deception Pass) is infiltrated by words of design. This is not because creationists managed to slip in their scientific material. Sometimes, secularists slip up. It happened in a paper about the earth's core. Earth's core diagram, NASA /  Dixon Rohr   (public domain) The core of our planet is baffling to scientists, as it cannot be observed through empirical means. Its composition is inferred through various methods. While some scientists have suggested that the solid inner core should not exist  because of the lack of deep-time conditions needed for its formation, others stay with the narrative.  Authors of ...

One source of mirth for professing atheists and other evolutionists is that biblical creationists believe humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, but dinosaurs have since kicked the bucket and joined the choir invisible. Their narrative demands millions of years between us and them. Creationists have shown problems with deep time, and even some secular scientists admit that the evidence is severely lacking. Indeed, there are legends of  creatures that greatly resembling dinosaurs in human history — and there are other evidences as well. Atheists despise these things as they point to recent creation. St. Lifard and the dragon, Jean Bourdichon , ca. 1500 (PD) This picture looks like he just asked if it wanted to go walkies. Way back in the sixth century AD, a monk known as St. Lifard (or Lipardus, among others) was responsible for putting an end to a troublesome dragon. Was there truth to the story? I dunno, especially since the stories of his saintly exploits are far-fetched....

People on social(ist) media, regular media, and in print notice that misotheists often ridicule those of us who believe in immaterial things. A surprising number are inconsistent , believing in psychic matters, prayer, ghosts, and other things. We have seen that atheists are also inconsistent about the mind or soul — many deny it exists, but still look for its location in the brain. Many of us know that the brain is not the mind, but the mind uses  the brain. A neurosurgeon and an atheist had an interesting discussion on consciousness and other things. Brain and consciousness, Pixabay /  Gerd Altmann  (Geralt) The two Mikes. Dr. Michael Egnor is a neurosurgeon and believes that the mind is not simply physiological reactions, Dr. Michael Shermer is an atheist. It is very interesting that Egnor asked Shermer to offer an explanation for near-death experiences that contained verified details. Also, Egnor pressed Shermer to explain immaterial things such as morality: How can a...