It’s amazing how many times we see ‘paradigms’ used as a justification for scientific acceptance of intelligent design and other ideas which lack evidential support.
The argument is that science progresses by changing paradigms – ‘paradigm shifts.
New paradigms replace old, outdated paradigms.
The “materialist” or “evolutionary” paradigm has been around for a while.
It needs to be changed.
Therefore science should accept new paradigms involving ‘supernatural explanations.’