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→Notable examples: Scott Minnich: go where the data lead you, so be it
==Notable examples==
==Notable examples==
*The late world famous philosopher [[Antony Flew]] claimed that his departure from [[atheism]] was caused by consequent adherence to this principle.<ref name="Flew">{{Cite book|title=There is a God, How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind|author=Antony Flew|publisher=HarperOne|year=2008|isbn=978-0-06-133530-3|pages=22, 42, 75, 89|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zbL66ePcjpQC&dq=Antony+Flew+There+is+a+God&source=bl&ots=o0jEX-bGMl&sig=Rrf5Tv5MynLGVHFOhZy95LFfLGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zfx_UI7sNLDY4QSLi4HAAQ&redir_esc=y|quote=he was obeying the the command that the Plato in the Republic attributes to Socrates: "We must follow the argument wherever it leads." ...This Socratic principle also formed the inspiration of Socratic Club, a group that was really at the center of what intellectual life there was in wartime Oxford. ...C.S. Lewis's Socratic Club was open for business during the heyday of the new philosophy, and the Socratic principle I saw exemplified there...This statement represents a major change of course for me, but it was nevertheless consistent with principle I have embraced since the beginning of my philosophical life - of following the argument no matter where it leads...When I finally came to recognize the existence of a God, it was not a paradigm shift, because my paradigm remains, as Plato in his Republic scripted his Socrates to insist: "We must follow the argument wherever it leads."}}</ref>
*The late world famous philosopher [[Antony Flew]] claimed that his departure from [[atheism]] was caused by consequent adherence to this principle.<ref name="Flew">{{Cite book|title=There is a God, How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind|author=Antony Flew|publisher=HarperOne|year=2008|isbn=978-0-06-133530-3|pages=22, 42, 75, 89|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zbL66ePcjpQC&dq=Antony+Flew+There+is+a+God&source=bl&ots=o0jEX-bGMl&sig=Rrf5Tv5MynLGVHFOhZy95LFfLGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zfx_UI7sNLDY4QSLi4HAAQ&redir_esc=y|quote=he was obeying the the command that the Plato in the Republic attributes to Socrates: "We must follow the argument wherever it leads." ...This Socratic principle also formed the inspiration of Socratic Club, a group that was really at the center of what intellectual life there was in wartime Oxford. ...C.S. Lewis's Socratic Club was open for business during the heyday of the new philosophy, and the Socratic principle I saw exemplified there...This statement represents a major change of course for me, but it was nevertheless consistent with principle I have embraced since the beginning of my philosophical life - of following the argument no matter where it leads...When I finally came to recognize the existence of a God, it was not a paradigm shift, because my paradigm remains, as Plato in his Republic scripted his Socrates to insist: "We must follow the argument wherever it leads."}}</ref>
*''"I think the [[Intelligent design|design]] is back on the table, we can’t explain [[Irreducible complexity|these systems]] by [[Natural Law|natural law]]. And if we’re searching for truth, and they are in fact designed if we have to be design engineers to understand [[Flagellum|them]], then I say what’s the problem? You go where the data lead you. And the implications? Yeah, they have profound [[metaphysical]] implications, but so be it."'' Scott Minnich, Molecular biologist University of Idaho<ref>{{cite web
| people = Lad Allen (Director), Timothy Eaton
| date = MMII(2002)
| title = Unlocking the mystery of life (Video/DVD)
| url = http://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Mystery-Life-Michael-Behe/dp/B00007KLDW
| format =
| medium = DVD
| language = English
| trans_title =
| publisher = Illustra Media
| location = Victoria, Australia
| time =
| chapter = 11.The Design Inference
| quote =
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}}</ref>
*cf. ''"Today we cannot see whether [[Schroedinger equation]] contains frogs, musical composers, or [[morality]] - or whether it does not. We cannot say whether something beyond it like [[God]] is needed, or not. And so we can all hold strong opinions either way."'' [[Feynman]]<ref>{{cite book
*cf. ''"Today we cannot see whether [[Schroedinger equation]] contains frogs, musical composers, or [[morality]] - or whether it does not. We cannot say whether something beyond it like [[God]] is needed, or not. And so we can all hold strong opinions either way."'' [[Feynman]]<ref>{{cite book
|author=Feynman
|author=Feynman