Author: Jonathan Witt

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 23, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, ancestors, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, geological column, hominids, Homo erectus, human beings, human origins, humans, intelligent design, language, linguistics, Science and Human Origins, Science Uprising, species}

Gulf Between Ape-Like and Human Grows Wider

_{Jonathan Witt
February 23, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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This trend supports the traditional view that humans were uniquely designed rather than evolving willy-nilly from ape-like ancestors. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, ACLU, Antony Flew, attorneys, biology, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Christians, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, education, evolution, George W. Bush, Harrisburg, Henry Quastler, Hollywood, information, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, John E. Jones III, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, natural processes, Pennsylvania, philosophy of science, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Crowther, Scopes Monkey Trial, Spencer Tracy, Stephen Meyer, Summer for the Gods, theists, theology, William Paley}

Dover Days: A Fatuous Decision Is About to Turn 20 Years Old

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

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Judge Jones looked my way, and his expression seemed full of fellow feeling, as if to say, “Don’t sweat it. I’m all about free speech. I’ve got your back.” Read More ›

Digital illustration DNA structure in blue background

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, Ann Gauger, California, Cambridge, cytosine, Dartmouth College, Darwinists, DNA, England, evolution, genes, Genesis, genetic similarity, guanine, Hebrews, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, non-coding DNA, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, proteins, salvo, Stephen Meyer, thymine, War and Peace}

Darwin’s Orphan Foe: A Gene Army Comes for Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
October 17, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary theory led evolutionists to expect these genes to be rare. As it turns out, they aren’t. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, algae, aliens, astrobiologists, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, chance, Christianity, European Space Agency, extraterrestrial life, Guillermo Gonzalez, Holy Grail, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materialists, methodological materialism, Milky Way, NASA, natural laws, natural selection, space exploration, The Privileged Planet}

God and the Odds of ET

_{Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2025

Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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There is a rational and intellectually defensible strategy for maintaining a measure of optimism about the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Foundations
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, basketball, biologists, body plans, Charles Darwin, evolution, innovation, lizards, natural selection, Nature Ecology & Evolution, nucleolus, propaganda, researchers, rhetorical strategies, Science Daily}

Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting

_{Jonathan Witt
December 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Foundations, Intelligent Design

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I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ball State University, Brandeis University, Censor of the Year, Colin Wright, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Eric Hedin, evolutionary theory, Free Science, free speech, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, The Boundaries of Science, The College Fix, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski, wokeness}

When Materialism Turns on Its Own

_{Jonathan Witt
June 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

9}

A cadre of atheist scientists, including Lawrence Krauss and Jerry Coyne, have long worked to silence and deplatform scientists who hold to the theory of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
June 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adoption, atheism, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christopher Hitchens, Darwinism, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Uncensored, literature, Michael Behe, novels, Richard Dawkins, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, young adults}

The Farm at the Center of the Universe: Q&A with the Authors

_{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
June 4, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The granddad is the novel’s primary defender of intelligent design and belief in God. He’s a bright, curious retired chemistry professor. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, California, Cambridge University Press, conservation, design filter, endangered species, Kenneth Miller, nature, Nature (journal), scientific materialism, self-censorship, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

_{Jonathan Witt
June 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, aborigines, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, baboons, Caucasians, Charles Darwin, Europeans, fossil record, gorillas, history, HMS Beagle, humans, intelligence, John Stuart Mill, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Richard Weikart, species, stem, Texas, The Descent of Man, Tierra del Fuego, United Nations}

Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps

_{Jonathan Witt
May 29, 2024

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

10}

A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cancer, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Minneapolis, novels, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, young adults}

Eat or Be Eaten: Excerpt from New DI Press Novel for Young Adults

_{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
May 22, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

10}

In science class, Mr. Charlie (as Isaac had to call him at school) preached Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection — survival of the fittest. Read More ›