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2018

Meyer at Biola

Meyer: An “Epistemic Obligation” to Embrace Darwinism?

The issue comes down to the creative power of the unguided evolutionary mechanism, or the lack of it. Read More ›
Banded Iron Formation
Photo credit: Banded iron formations, by Zhiquan Li/University of Alberta, via EurekAlert!

Newly Identified Banded Iron Formation Puts Origins Theories on Horns of a Dilemma

Many claim the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a sudden global increase in oxygen levels. Read More ›
human eye
Photo credit: Free-Photos, via Pixabay.

Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics

It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution? Read More ›
Marquette University
Photo: Johnston Hall, Marquette University, by SCUMATT at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

In Wisconsin, a Win for Academic Freedom

A few aspects of this catch my attention as pertinent to  our concerns here. Read More ›
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Steven Pinker, by Better than Bacon, via Flickr.

Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity. Read More ›
NGC 3603
Photo: NGC 3603, a star cluster, by NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

Listen: Intelligent Design, Atheism, and Nonsense of a High Order

Rabbi Moshe Averick answers the who-designed-the-designer objection, shows how questions about God and ID can’t be shoved aside as unimportant. Read More ›
Richard Spencer
Photo: Richard Spencer, by Vas Panagiotopoulos [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Psychology Grapples with Racism and Anti-Semitism

Kevin MacDonald is trying to resurrect this troubling legacy of Darwinian theory. Read More ›
lion and fox
Image: Lion and fox, by Wenceslaus Hollar [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. 

Sociologist Steve Fuller: How ID Foxes Can Beat the Darwinian Lions 

University of Warwick sociologist Steve Fuller is one of the few researchers in his field who knows much about intelligent design and the controversy it ignites. Read More ›
Prosanta Chakrabarty

Here, Evidently, Is How They Teach Evolution at Louisiana State University

This has got to be one of the dopiest, most simple-minded presentations of the subject that I’ve seen. Read More ›
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Image: Pandora and her box, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Artificial Intelligence Is a Pandora’s Box. What’s in There? Find Out Tomorrow!

Get a glimpse at 7:30 pm as we live-stream Discovery Institute's launch of the new Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Read More ›

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