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Ann Gauger

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, Austria, Günter Bechly, sciences, Siegfried Scherer, teleology, telescope}

Austrian Village Meets Biocomplexity and Teleology and Doesn’t Blink

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June 4, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The accompanying photos show our field trip to Altenburg Abbey. The ceiling painting was of the sciences. You can see a telescope and astrolabe in the close up. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
May 2, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, adaptation, amino acids, APOB, cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, diet, disease, evolution, function, genes, genome, genotype, mice, Michael Behe, mutations, phenotype, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Shiping Liu}

Remind Me Again Why We Picked Polar Bears?

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May 2, 2019

Evolution

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The core difficulty for some scientists who read Michael Behe’s book is also the key idea at its heart. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 21, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genome sequencing, homology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, malaria, Michael Behe, outboard motor, Pajaro Dunes, PNAS, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Michael Behe: A Man and His Critics

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March 21, 2019

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Behe is not in a defensive posture, despite his critics. He continues to advance. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, beauty, Big Bang, Bruce Gordon, causal circularity, Christianity, dinosaurs, DNA code, earth, electron, embryology, evolution, gravitational constant, intelligent design, jesus, Michael Denton, Mount Everest, multiverse, Northwestern University, Paul Davies, poetry, proton, S. Joshua Swamidass, sun, universe}

A Debate in California; a Piece of Business

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March 5, 2019

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass and I spoke on the topic of God and Evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
February 25, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, bacteria, BIO-Complexity, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, David Berlinski, Elizabeth Pennisi, evolution, Evolution News, exaptation, genes, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, methodology, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, proteins, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Salmonella, Science (journal)}

Näsvall et al. Demonstrates the Effectiveness of Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
February 25, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The dispute started when a review in Science proposed the 2012 article by Näsvall et al. as evidence against Mike Behe’s book Darwin Devolves. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
February 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam and Eve, atheism, Bible, Christianity, evolution, faith, intelligent design, origins science, Peaceful Science, Reasons to Believe, S. Joshua Swamidass, science, theistic evolution, theology, Washington University, William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationists}

Meetings on Adam and Eve: Stretching the Boundaries

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February 8, 2019

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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What brought us all together? Professor S. Joshua Swamidass of Washington University has two projects going. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, bread, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania}

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

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January 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 10, 2019

Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __cedited, animals, Bible, chimpanzees, David Barash, DNA, humans, mitochondria, music, New York Times, organelles, Seattle, University of Washington}

On Being Human — A Reflection

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January 10, 2019

Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, altruism, beauty, bees, California, E.O. Wilson, Garden of Eden, goodness, group selection, J.P. Moreland, kin selection, logic, materialism, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, natural selection, neo-Darwinian processes, Neo-Darwinism, Paris, population genetics, prejudice, truth}

The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Ann Gauger
January 2, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, Andreas Wagner, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, convergent evolution, Dennis Venema, DNA, Francisco Ayala, genotype, haplotypes, HLA-DRB1, homoplasy, intelligent design, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Steve Schaffner, theistic evolution, Washington University}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2018: A First Human Couple? New Evidence and Arguments

_{Ann Gauger
December 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A bottleneck of two, or a first pair at our origin older than 500,000 years, is possible. Read More ›