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Stephen Meyer

Stephen Meyer's Slugfester profile includes score averages, opponents faced, topic performance, and linked debate scorecards.

Background

About Stephen Meyer

Stephen Meyer is a philosopher of science and author associated with the Discovery Institute. His books, including Signature in the Cell and Return of the God Hypothesis, argue for intelligent design and theism.

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Published debate record

2 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 79.5/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

Stephen Meyer vs Phil Halper: The Big Bang and Fine-Tuning · 2026

Meyer defended cosmic beginnings and fine-tuning as design evidence; Halper more successfully emphasized theorem limits, unknown probabilities, testability, and underdetermined divine intentions.

Stephen Meyer: 79 · Phil Halper: 90. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Stephen Meyer vs Peter Atkins — Intelligent Design and Science · 2010

Meyer’s qualified causal and methodological case outperformed Atkins’s naturalistic objections, chiefly by sharply separating functional sequence from spontaneous order and origins from later evolution.

Stephen Meyer: 80 · Peter Atkins: 73. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Team and other excluded appearances

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