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Texas Hold ‘Em Part II: Calling David Hillis’ Bluffs About the Tree of Life in His January Texas State Board of Education Testimony

_{Casey Luskin
April 7, 2009}

David Klinghoffer has recently posted some excellent (and entertaining) summaries of the highlights of Discovery Institute’s responses to the testimony of evolutionist experts David Hillis and Ronald Wetherington before the Texas State Board of Education (TSBOE) on January 21, 2009. (See … » Go

Inherit the Spin: The NCSE Answers “Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Evolution” With Evasions and Falsehoods

_{Science & Culture
August 25, 2008}

According to the NCSE, many of the claims in my questions “are incorrect or misleading,” and they are “intended only to create unwarranted doubts in students’ minds about the validity of evolution as good science.” It is actually the NCSE’s answers, however, … » Go

New York Times Inherits the Spin, Republishes Darwinists’ Error-Filled “Answers” to Jonathan Wells’ “Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher”

_{Casey Luskin
August 24, 2008}

The New York Times seems to be afraid that students about to go back to school might have their heads filled with ideas that challenge Darwinian evolution. Thus today it uncritically republished a 6+ year-old error-filled response by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) to Jonathan … » Go

Peter Atkins Dramatically Overstates the Evidence for Evolutionary Phylogenies

_{Casey Luskin
February 25, 2008}

I recently picked up Galileo’s Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science by Oxford chemist Peter Atkins. It’s a 2003 book, and on the plus side, it offers enjoyable and concise explanations of many important scientific theories, including some lucid diagrams explaining Einstein’s … » Go

Darwin’s Failed Predictions, Slide 7: “Evolving views of embryology” (from JudgingPBS.com)

_{Casey Luskin
December 30, 2007}

PBS observes that Darwin boasted that embryology provided “the strongest single class of facts in favor of” his theory of evolution. But Darwin penned those words in the 1860s, and developmental biologists have learned much since that time. In fact, Darwin staked much of his … » Go

ISU Physicist Misrepresents Guillermo Gonzalez’s Arguments for Testing Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
June 4, 2007}

The Privileged Planet argues for design based upon a testable prediction of a convergence of the requirements for both habitability and scientific discovery. Rob Crowther recently discussed the intolerance of ISU physicist John Hauptman’s Des Moines Register op-ed that supported ousting … » Go

A Reply to Carl Zimmer on Embryology and Developmental Biology

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2007}

I recently read Carl Zimmer’s response to my critique of his November, 2006 article in National Geographic. In this post I will discuss Zimmer’s response to me regarding embryology and developmental biology. The embryonic hourglass is the idea that vertebrate embryos (like those of … » Go

Response To John Rennie at Scientific American

_{Casey Luskin
July 27, 2006}

I appreciate that John Rennie has posted a response to my response to his original post about Kansas on the Scientific American blog. (And I happily forgive the accidental misspelling of my name.) A common tactic in debate is to condescendingly say, “Thanks for proving my point,” … » Go

Don’t Bash it ‘Til You’ve Tried It: A response to Krauthammer and Kriegel

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2005}

Anti-ID editorials by Charles Krauthammer and Uriah Kriegel misunderstand science and offer poor critiques of intelligent design.

… » Go

Students Let the ID Genie out of the Lamp

_{Bruce Chapman
November 21, 2005}

Faced with a realization that support for “diversity” at
Cornell does not extend to academic viewpoints, some 80
students have organized an IDEA chapter on campus and are
educating themselves.

… » Go

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