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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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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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Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
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Wesley J. Smith
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Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Casey Luskin

Wells at Westminster Conference
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Casey Luskin
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September 30, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells

Casey Luskin
September 30, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education
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To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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August 21, 2024
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Biology
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Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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August 15, 2024
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James Shapiro: Intelligent Design “Has a Valid Point with Regard to the … Limits of Neo-Darwinism”

Casey Luskin
August 15, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
4
I’m content to be grateful to Dr. Shapiro as a non-ID scientist who recognizes something ID has gotten right. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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August 14, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Geology
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
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Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare

Casey Luskin
August 14, 2024
Fine-tuning, Geology, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth
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One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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August 9, 2024
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How “Junk” DNA Got Its Function: Evolutionary Tales Fail to Convince

Casey Luskin
August 9, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Earlier this year there was a flurry of stories about how “junk DNA” may explain why humans don’t have tails. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 8, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
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“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes

Casey Luskin
August 8, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology
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One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria." Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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August 7, 2024
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Defending Our Literature Survey on Function for Junk DNA

Casey Luskin
August 7, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Our list only scratches the surface of the literature, and you can’t negate the existence of that body of literature through a few complaints. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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August 5, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
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Medicine
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Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

Casey Luskin
August 5, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 3, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Technology
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Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

Casey Luskin
August 3, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Technology
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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›
Denis Noble
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Casey Luskin
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July 30, 2024
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Oxford Biologist Denis Noble: “The Fact Is that I Think Neo-Darwinism Is Dead”

Casey Luskin
July 30, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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I respect Denis Noble and in disagreeing with him I do not mean to slight his deep insights into how biology works. Read More ›

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