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Casey Luskin

Date
August 26, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, daughter cells, DNA replication, histones, intelligent design, kinesin, microtubules, molecular machines, Veritasium, YouTube videos}

Spectacular Video on Molecular Machines and Cell Replication

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August 26, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Back in June I published a critique of a video posted on the popular YouTube science channel Veritasium. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
August 25, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, common descent, creationists, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary biology, Glenn Branch, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), unguided evolution, University of Michigan}

Survey Artificially Inflates the Percentage of Americans who “Accept Evolution”

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August 25, 2021

Evolution

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Whether their question was chosen intentionally to inflate the degree of support for “evolution,” I cannot say. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 20, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, Current Biology, Darwin's Doubt, God Hypothesis, Johannes Kepler, Judeo-Christian tradition, New York Times, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ross Douthat, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer}

Did the New York Times Just Give a Covert Nod to Meyer’s “God Hypothesis”?

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August 20, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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What’s different is that this time around, the discussion is far more favorable towards Meyer’s position. Here’s what columnist Ross Douthat says Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 19, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Africans, atheism, causal circularity, Charles Murray, computer code, DNA, Douglas Murray, faith, First Cause, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jordan Peterson, molecular machines, New Atheists, New New Atheists, Return of the God Hypothesis, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, supernatural, The Privileged Planet, Tom Holland}

Meyer in the Jerusalem Post: Farewell to the Purposeless Cosmos

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August 19, 2021

Faith & Science

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From living in South Africa for more than four years, I got a good sense of African perspectives on atheism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 18, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, arthropods, Avalon explosion, binding sites, Cambrian Explosion, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID research program, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutations, nucleotides, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed, peer-reviewed literature, regulatory regions, Springer, tetrapods, waiting-time problem}

In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated Mutations

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August 18, 2021

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics

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The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Design Inference, human origins, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Neanderthals, ochre, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Spain, water}

Painting by Neanderthals? Study Makes a Design Inference

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August 11, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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An observation that supports a non-natural origin is that the pigment appears only in a small, conspicuous location. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 5, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, apes, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Declaration of Independence, gorilla, human origins, humans, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, John Keats, Judeo-Christian tradition, Justin Brierley, materialism, Miracles (book), neo-Darwinian theory, Noam Chomsky, Patricia Churchland, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Unbelievable, William Graham, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens — Back to the Guy Who Lost His Faith Over Harari

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August 5, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics

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Podcaster Sam Davis told Justin Brierley that what did it for him was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s idea that “humanity is a weaver of stories.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, animism, atheism, creator, David Klinghoffer, Declaration of Independence, elitism, endowed by their creator, equality, evolution, evolutionary ethics, freedom, Homo sapiens, human rights, ideas have consequences, metaethics, monotheism, morality, myths, nihilism, religion, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, subjectivism, Thomas Jefferson, truth, Voltaire, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

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August 3, 2021

Ethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animism, evolution, monotheism, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: Getting the Origin of Religion Backwards

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July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The traditions of the Santal people entail an account of their own religious history that directly contradicts Harari’s evolutionary view. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, designer, fiction, hospital, human origins, jesus, myths, religion, Roman Catholic, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari}

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

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July 26, 2021

Faith & Science

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Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›