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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimp genome, chimpanzees, common ancestry, common design, computer programmers, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Shenk, Evan Eichler, Evolution News, geneticists, human genome, humans, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), signage, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, taxpayers, University of Washington}

Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

_{David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, Brian Miller, cellular structures, computer scientists, Daniel Witt, David Deutsch, DNA, Eric Hedin, Evolution News, George F. R. Ellis, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, information, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, life, mathematical biology, mathematicians, Max Tegmark, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, mind, organisms, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, Platonism, Roger Penrose, The Immortal Mind, time and space, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

_{David Klinghoffer
June 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, biologists, Brian Miller, Carl Jung, coincidence, Denyse O'Leary, development, Greek philosophy, ID the Future, immaterial genome, intelligent design, mathematical biology, Michael Levin, neuroscience, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, publishers, Raphael, synchronicity, Synchronicity (book), Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus}

Sternberg and Egnor Reveal the Immaterial Realm

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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This kind of thinking is also on the horizon coming from biologists like Michael Levin unconnected to the ID community. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, book reviews, Coast Guard, Connecticut, drowning, Great Elm, Lexington Avenue, Long Island, Long Island Sound, National Review, New England, new york, prep school, restroom, Sam Tanenhaus, singing, Southern California, submersible, Titanic, William F. Buckley Jr., Zillow}

Three Memories of William F. Buckley

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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For Buckley on evolution, see here. I’m enjoying the new bio of him very so far, but am prepared to start joining the critics as I read further. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 9, 2025

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antiquity, atomism, biologists, chaos, Charles Darwin, Chronicles Magazine, City Hall, culture, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Democritus, Eric Metaxas, information, John Zmirak, logos, Los Angeles, madness, materialism, mathematicians, meaning, personal finance, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Seattle, theism, values, West Coast}

Cultural Chaos Has Long Roots, Millennia Before Darwin

_{David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2025

Culture, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As I’m writing this, some rioters have gathered (literally) across the street from our Seattle office, on their way to a “protest” at City Hall. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, atheism, Atheists for Liberty, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Charles Townes, Colin Wright, cosmic designer, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, demarcation criteria, embryo, evolution, faith and science, historical sciences, immaterial genome, intelligence, intelligent design, junk DNA, Manhattan Institute, material genome, New Atheists, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, prejudice, question-begging, Richard Sternberg, scientific disciplines, scientific hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, suicide}

Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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"The idea that the universe was actually created by a supernatural intelligence is a dramatic, important idea." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), atheism, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, environments, evolutionary icons, Günter Bechly, humans, immaterial genome, Michael Levin, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic space, protein-coding DNA, Richard Sternberg, science education, science media, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, zookeepers, zoos}

Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain halves, cognitive neuroscience, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Science, immaterial genome, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scripture, seizures, soul, split-brain surgery, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

Neuroscience Shows the Soul Is Real

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why do such things send a shiver down one’s spine? I’m not quite sure why, but they do. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, biology, biphobia, Charles Darwin, evolution, historians, homophobia, natural, Nature, nihilism, purpose, sexual liberation, sexuality, transphobia, unnatural, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

Harari: “Darwin Is the Prophet”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 18, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Psychology

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I’ve never heard evolution and nihilism connected so clearly and concisely, and the implications vastly exceed sexuality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Zoology
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, butterflies, Charles Darwin, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, immaterial genome, materialist explanations, Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis (book), Michael Flannery, natural selection, naturalists, Paul Nelson, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, teleology}

Butterly Metamorphosis as a Test Case for Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome

_{David Klinghoffer
May 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Zoology

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What is the “it” (in “itself”) that carries through from beginning to end? The creature’s “self” seems to be lost along the way, in the goo. Read More ›