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Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Year

2025

shell-game
Photo credit: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
January 10, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

William A. Dembski
January 10, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›
C.-S.-Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 10, 2025
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Bioethics
Medicine
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John West: How C. S. Lewis Anticipated Our Experience of Scientism

David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine
2
I was shocked during Covid by the way healthy respect for science shaded rapidly into cowering submission and unquestioning scientistic worship of authority. Read More ›
Old_scow_wrecked_in_1918_just_above_Niagara_Falls
Photo credit: Diego Torres Silvestre from Sao Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
January 10, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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How Darwinism Dodges the Iceberg 

Neil Thomas
January 10, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science
17
When I viewed the stranded vessel in 1992 it looked remarkably well preserved, but of course functionally it was a mere “zombie” craft. Read More ›
lobster
Photo credit: David Clode via Unsplash.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 10, 2025
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Bioethics
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?

Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2025
Bioethics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
7
With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›
Multiverse
Image credit: Silver Spoon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 9, 2025
Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Feder, Zimmer on the Boltzmann Brain Problem and the Measure Problem

Andrew McDiarmid
January 9, 2025
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
3
If a grand multiverse contains everything that’s possible, it ends up explaining nothing. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: Björn Wylezich on Adobe Stock.
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
January 9, 2025
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Chemistry
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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To Reject Intelligent Design, Here’s What You Have to Believe

Granville Sewell
January 9, 2025
Chemistry, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
5
The prevailing view in science today is that physics explains all of chemistry, and chemistry explains all of biology. Read More ›
Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Jäger
Photo credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
January 9, 2025
Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us

Science and Culture
January 9, 2025
Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
2
Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events. Read More ›
Pterois_volitans_Manado-e_edit
Photo: A lionfish, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Daniel Witt
Date
January 8, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

Daniel Witt
January 8, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
15
Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Read More ›
Pterosaur
Photo: Ludodactylus sibbicki, by G. Bechly 2008.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 7, 2025
Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Farewell to Günter Bechly

David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2025
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
9
I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
Jerry Coyne
Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 7, 2025
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Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
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In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

Denyse O’Leary
January 7, 2025
Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics
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Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›

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