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The closeup image of Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) wing. a southeast Asian species of megabat, primarily feeds on flowers, nectar and fruit.
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Professor Stern Cardinale Stumbles on Bat Wing Evolution

Behe was right. Dan Stern Cardinale really shouldn’t have called him liar for stating the truth. That was not a good idea. Read More ›
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Rutgers Biologist Dan Stern Cardinale Calls Professor Michael Behe a Liar, Liar, Liar!

Ah, Dr. Dan is back. And you know that when someone goes for the all caps option, he’s really serious.  Read More ›
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“Recant!” A Sternberg Story that (Almost) Got Away

The priest cited to Sternberg the experience of Greeks when they lived under harsh Turkish rule. Read More ›
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Spooked by Sternberg: From the Introduction to Plato’s Revenge

All familiar thinking about the genome assumes that it is, of course, purely material. From this premise, biologist Richard Sternberg radically departs. Read More ›
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Darwin and the Fragility of Faith

Physicist Brian Miller wrote earlier today with a wonderful concision about why Richard Sternberg’s immaterial genome spells doom for Darwinism. Read More ›
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Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Read More ›
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Larry Sanger at Discovery Institute's 2024 COSM Technology Summit
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Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Intelligent Design and His Conversion to Christianity

Sanger was content with his agnosticism until a student posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature. Read More ›
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A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Read More ›
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Cold Water on “Dire Wolves”

"These are not dire wolves," says evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin. "These are gray wolves with 20 edited genes." Read More ›
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Standing O for Jerry Coyne?

Using his power and the prestige brand of his university to bully someone like Eric Hedin was nothing less than loathsome. Read More ›

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