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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Becket Cook, Christianity, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, friendship, Hebrew Bible, interviews, Manhattan, pastors, prestige, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity}

“Friends with Francis”: How Institutions Devolve

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February 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Among the temptations we face as humans, friendship — otherwise such a wonderful thing — doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Psychology
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, Boy Scouts, Christianity, conservatives, faith, Francis Collins, genome, National Institutes of Health, secularism, Slate, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians}

A Useful Christian: John West on Francis Collins and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

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February 24, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Psychology

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There are Stockholm syndrome Jews as well — you’ll see them parading with “anti-Zionist” groups on campus and in the street. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bret Weinstein, Darwinism, designer, epigenetic information, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, Günter Bechly, immaterial genome, intelligent design, Joe Rogan, morphological change, natural selection, parsimony, Platonists, random mutation, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, tiger, USAID}

Bret Weinstein on the Joe Rogan Podcast: Darwinism Is “Broken,” Intelligent Design Is “Catching Up”

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February 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Weinstein alludes to another Darwinian mechanism operating on top of the standard one of random mutation and natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, asteroid belt, Carl Zimmer, cosmos, DOGE, Enceladus, Europa, Europa Clipper, evolution, Ganymede, habitability, intelligent design, Jupiter, Madagascar, NASA, New York Times, Saturn, The Privileged Planet, Titan}

Hey DOGE, Take a Look at NASA

_{David Klinghoffer
February 8, 2025

Evolution, Physical Sciences

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For the materialist, atheist evolutionary viewpoint to be valid, life must be easy to evolve, so aliens MUST be out there somewhere. Read More ›

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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

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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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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

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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

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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 ›