Author: David Klinghoffer

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind evolution, Chris Packham, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, denials, ear bones, elephant, evolution, Evolution (TV series), evolutionary biologists, federal funding, food, insinuation, intelligent design, NOVA PBS, PBS, philosophy, plausible deniability, podcasters, Richard Buggs, scientific evidence, theists, theology}

Unlike the BBC, NOVA’s Evolution So Far Prefers Insinuation to Outright Atheism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I find the clear statement of what you’re trying to convey at least more honorable than always leaving room for future denials as needed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, cetaceans, documentary, dolphins, evolution, Evolution (TV series), forelimb, immaterial genome, intelligent design, land animals, narrative, NOVA, ocean, PBS, Plato's Revenge, questions, Richard Sternberg, whales}

PBS Forgot to Ask Biologist Richard Sternberg About Cetacean Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The smooth narrative of the documentary is expected to carry the viewer along, not asking any questions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __featured3, ancestors, animations, biology, brains, chance, cynodonts, dolphins, drinking water, elision, evolution, Evolution (TV series), eye evolution, eyes, intelligence, mutations, NOVA, PBS, professors, Richard Buggs, schools, scientific debate, simplification, teachers, virus}

Evolution Is Due to Evolution: PBS “Explains” Dolphin Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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The only lame excuse for an actual explanation of what “drives” it all is “chance”: “the chance events that rewired ancient brains.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, BBC Television, brains, Chris Packham, Christians, dolphins, elephants, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetics, intelligence, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, mistakes, NOVA, ostrich, PBS, Peter Holland, Richard Buggs, schools, scientific method, scientists, sex, The Open University, United Kingdom, wildlife}

Tonight on NOVA: From “These Tiny Little Mistakes” — Evolution!

_{David Klinghoffer
October 14, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

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“Life continues to create itself,” “evolution is entirely built on these tiny little mistakes.” Read More ›

Question and answer audience or crowd : Active participation Asian man raise hands to ask questions attending seminar in conference meeting and training

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, background knowledge, Big Bang, Big Mysteries Survey, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, Bruce Gordon, cosmology, fine-tuning, intelligent design, likelihoods, Matt Dillahunty, naturalism, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Piers Morgan Uncensored, probability theory, Richard Dawkins, spacetime, Stephen Meyer, surveys, theism, universe}

In Debate with Meyer, Matt Dillahunty Brandishes His “Surveys”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Maybe Dillahunty had consulted some other survey that morning, but a “show of hands” is certainly no ground for adjudicating matters of this nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 11, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, atheism, atheists, biology, cosmology, Denis Noble, Eric Idle, intelligent design, Matt Dillahunty, minstrels, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheism, New Atheists, Oxford University, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, The Telegraph}

Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave Sir Richard

_{David Klinghoffer
October 11, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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If I were an atheist, I would feel pretty discouraged about now by the New Atheist icon. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, analogy, atheism, Bible, biological information, Closer to Truth, complexity, DNA, dogmatism, Douglas Adams, functional specificity, God of the philosophers, improbability, information, intelligent design, Matt Dillahunty, Mind and Cosmos, neo-Darwinian theory, New York University, Piers Morgan, Richard Dawkins, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Stephen Meyer, The Telegraph, theists, Thomas Nagel, universe}

Meyer, Dillahunty, Nagel: They Don’t Make Atheists the Way They Used To

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2026

Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Dillahunty contended that the biological information coded in DNA isn’t really information at all but only analogous to it. Try to follow this word salad. Read More ›

Close up of young parents holding and kissing their newborn baby indoors at home

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __trending, abortion, adults, babies, brain hemispheres, brain tissue, brainstem, complexity, concepts, consciousness, dementia, Denyse O’Leary, desires, diencephalon, emotions, fetuses, human sacrifice, humanity, hydranencephaly, Lindsay Clancy, Mayans, memories, mental illness, mentally handicapped people, Michael Egnor, mothers, neurosurgeons, New York Times, newborns, parents, perceptions, sulfur, The Immortal Mind, ultrasound, unborn children, unwanted children}

NY Times Aside, “Babies Are Obviously Conscious,” Says Dr. Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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If there an “active scientific debate” about it, then could it really be that the answer isn’t so clear? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, biology, body, brain, brain damage, Denyse O’Leary, ideas, immaterial genome, immaterial reality, information, instantiations, intellect, materialistic paradigm, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, physical organs, Plato, quantum world, Richard Sternberg, Secrets of the Human Body, The Immortal Mind, will}

Dr. Egnor: The “Platonic Turn” in Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There is a “disconnect” between a physical organ of the body — the brain — and the “immortal mind,” the human spirit, that transcends it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 1, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, complexity, denominations, eX-skeptic, faith, faith and science, inconsistency, intelligent design, Jana Harmon, magnifying glass, materialism, materialist lens, nature, periphery, physicists, podcast, puzzle, reality}

Brian Miller: The Blur at the Edges, Versus the Blur Everywhere

_{David Klinghoffer
October 1, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Evidence for intelligent design in nature may be clear to you, while other matters relating to faith remain far more perplexing. Read More ›