No Such Thing As “Observational Science”

Is there a difference between "observational" and "historical" science as Young Earth Creationists (YECs) say? As you can read in any number of Answers in Genesis articles, YECs claim that there are two kinds of science: "Operational Science" where we are making observations about the present, and "Historical Science" where we try to come to …

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The Morality of Vaccines Made Using Embryonic Cell Lines

Vaccines certainly cause a lot of public tension. I'm not just talking about those who disagree that vaccines are safe and effective; how some vaccines are made can raise some understandable moral concerns. To make some vaccines, like the Rubella vaccine for example, we need to use diploid[1] human cells from human embryos. In this …

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Consensus and Confidence: 2 Important Questions to Ask About Every Scientific Idea

These are the first two questions I use to quickly sort scientific claims into "worth considering" or "rubbish," and I think others might find them useful too. Every day I see scientific claims of all sorts floating around the internet, and that's pretty great to see because I'm pretty excited about science. Unfortunately I don't …

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