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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 12, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Darwin's Doubt, Design Inference, DNA, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, logical fallacies, molecular motors, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Ola Hössjer, protein complexes, Simon Conway Morris, specification, Steinar Thorvaldsen, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Kauffman}

Repentant Biology Journal Offers a Weak Rebuttal to Its Own Pro-ID Fine-Tuning Paper

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October 12, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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The authors close by quoting Carl Sagan’s famous adage that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Do they offer that kind of evidence? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 8, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Biological Information: New Perspectives, censorship, defining terms, Del Ratzsch, dependency graph, Elsevier, explanatory filter, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, John West, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), peer-reviewed, publishers, search engines, specified complexity, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Really? Editors Claim They Were “Unaware” of Article’s Intelligent Design Connections

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October 8, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The implication is that the editors — Denise Kirschner, Mark Chaplain, and Akira Sasaki — did not realize the article was about intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 5, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Darwinian mechanisms, Douglas Axe, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Latin, Michael Behe, molecular biology, Ola Hössjer, peer review, protein evolution, Robert J. Marks II, scientists, statistics, Steinar Thorvaldsen, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm University, Undeniable (book), waiting-time problem, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Breakout Paper in Journal of Theoretical Biology Explicitly Supports Intelligent Design

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October 5, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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If the paper is any indication, appearing as it does in a prominent journal, some of the suffocating constraints on ID advocacy may be coming off. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 9, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, Ann Reid, antibiotic resistance, bacteria, Darwinism, doctors, drugs, Eugenie Scott, health, medicine, mutations, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), pandemic, parasites, pathogens, public education, The Edge of Evolution, viruses}

Darwinism Would Fare Poorly Against Pandemics

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July 9, 2020

Medicine

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When combatting disease-causing pathogens, we don’t use the idea that Darwinian evolution is of unlimited creativity. Just the opposite! Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 8, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Reid, creationism, Darwinian evolution, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, Evolution: Education and Outreach, Glenn Branch, intelligent design, methodology, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), Next Generation Science Standards, scientists, survey, teachers}

Survey Misclassifies Darwin-Doubting Teachers

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July 8, 2020

Evolution

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This project cannot tell us how many students are taught evolution dogmatically and how many are studying it scientifically. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 6, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ann Reid, climate change, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, Eugenie Scott, evolution, intelligent design, National Association of Biology Teachers, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), public education, Sarah Chaffee, strengths and weaknesses, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

NCSE Underreports Teachers Who Support Intelligent Design

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July 6, 2020

Science Education

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The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit group that has one primary mission: to censor minority scientific viewpoints on hot-button issues like evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, biologists, censorship, complex and specified information, CSI, Dave Speijer, Discovering Intelligent Design, Europeans, Evolution News, Federal Government, government, intelligence, intelligent design, Kevin Laland, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, males, Michael Behe, Neo-Darwinism, Royal Society, sex, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Design Revolution, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, William A. Dembski}

Scientist Admits Biologists Are Obsessed with Intelligent Design

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May 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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What do scientists spend more time thinking about — sex, or the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dollo’s Law, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, gene duplication, Harvard University, hemoglobin, humans, Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, molecular genetics, mutations, Pseudomonas fluorescens, red blood cells, Science (journal), Skeptic Magazine, Washington Post}

Harvard Molecular Geneticist Vindicates Michael Behe’s Main Argument in Darwin Devolves

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May 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Mainstream evolutionary biologists are independently arriving at very similar conclusions to Behe’s central thesis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, demiurge, English, evolution, Hell, intelligence, Jonathan Wells, materialists, mechanism, Michael Behe, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, teleology, William A. Dembski}

On Intelligent Design, an Italian Philosophy Journal Takes a Step in the Right Direction

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May 21, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Philosophy

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Earlier today we saw that philosopher Subrena E. Smith levied a harsh critique of evolutionary psychology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Arts
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, behavior, bias, circular reasoning, college students, evolution, Gizmodo, hominids, human mind, human origins, ideology, music, Pleistocene, PZ Myers, University of New Hampshire}

Biology Journal: Evolutionary Psychology Is “Impossible”

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May 21, 2020

Arts, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Did evolutionary scientists not understand these things already? Read More ›