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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 5, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, amino acids, Carl Zimmer, DNA, DOGE, Genesis, John Cleese, King Lear, living cells, Monty Python, NASA, New York Times, nucleobases, organic molecules, panspermia, proteins, RNA, science writers, Signature in the Cell, species, University of Michigan, uracil}

Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?

_{David Klinghoffer
February 5, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 3, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Cleveland, Evangelical Christians, faith, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, John West, molecular machines, Myth of the Dark Ages, New York Times, non-Christians, Peter Biles, prestige, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ross Douthat, scientific revolution, social anxiety, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Warfare Thesis}

John West: Science’s Debt to Intelligent Design Is Not Just in the Past — But Today

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2025

Engineering, Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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The God hypothesis… Where have I heard that phrase, used by columnist Ross Douthat, before? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Dan Graur, Darwinian scientists, ENCODE, ERVs, evolution, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Long Story Short, non-coding DNA, onions, predictions, pseudogenes, science stopper, The Codes of Life, University of Houston}

New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 14, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authority, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge, COVID-19, culture, denial, England, John West, lockdowns, pandemic, scientism, United States, worship}

John West: How C. S. Lewis Anticipated Our Experience of Scientism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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I was shocked during Covid by the way healthy respect for science shaded rapidly into cowering submission and unquestioning scientistic worship of authority. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, England, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germans, Germany, Günter Bechly, human origins, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, intimidation, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, Pacific Ocean, paleontology, Paul Nelson, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), Richard Sternberg, State Museum of Natural History, Stephen Meyer, Stuttgart, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Farewell to Günter Bechly

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, comedians, comedy, common sense, Darwinian evolution, evolution, evolutionary adaptation, insects, intelligent design, just-so stories, leaf, mimicry, predators, reverse-engineering, Stephen Meyer}

Steve Meyer and Comic Brad Stine on Insect Mimicry, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
January 4, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Apart from being a funny guy, Stine brings a gift for some shrewd common-sense, including about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bret Weinstein, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, David Gelernter, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, jesus, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The Selfish Gene, Yale University}

No. 10 Story of 2024: Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is Cutting Edge

_{David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, Big Bangs, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Berlinski, Ediacaran biota, England, explosions, flowering plants, fossil record, Gerd Müller, gradualism, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, jumps, Neo-Darwinism, predictions, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, saltations}

“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

_{David Klinghoffer
December 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge, Cambridge University, colleges, David Berlinski, England, faith and science, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, laboratories, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific discoveries, secularism, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer: Cambridge University’s Role in Advancing the Scientific God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer was in Cambridge, England, and he gave an unusual “on the spot” presentation about Cambridge University itself. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, England, events, evolution, intelligent design, Paris, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Washington DC}

Denying Darwin: Berlinski and Meyer in Cambridge

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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These kinds of conversations between Steve Meyer and David Berlinski are usually confined to late night chats when the time zones in Seattle and Paris permit. Read More ›