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Michael Egnor

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March 31, 2020

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Biology
Evolution
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Did COVID-19 Virus Evolve by Natural Selection?

_{Michael Egnor
March 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Natural selection, if understood as undirected variation and differential reproductive success, is a destructive process. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 30, 2020

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Faith & Science
Medicine
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Are Evangelicals “Crippling” Our Coronavirus Response?

_{Michael Egnor
March 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Medicine

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Evangelicals didn’t cause this plague, and we desperately need the courage and wisdom that they have always brought to bear against pandemics. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

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March 23, 2020

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Bioethics
Faith & Science
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To Ask “Where Is God in This Pandemic?” Is to Acknowledge that God Exists

_{Michael Egnor
March 23, 2020

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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The problem of theodicy is real, of course. We don’t always know or understand God’s ways. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 19, 2020

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Science Expert Slaps the “Anti-Intellectuals,” Again

_{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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I stopped by Joe the truck driver’s house to talk. Joe read Yale neurologist Steven Novella’s essay, and he didn’t think much of it. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 18, 2020

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Evolution
Medicine
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Upstairs into the Plague

_{Michael Egnor
March 18, 2020

Evolution, Medicine

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Every stock boy or housekeeper or nurse is doing more to fight this pandemic than all the politicians and talking-head science grifters and tenure-track professors. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2020

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Astronomy
Biology
Physical Sciences
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The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2020

Astronomy, Biology, Physical Sciences

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The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 5, 2020

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Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Intelligent Design and the Study of Epidemics

_{Michael Egnor
March 5, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The reality to which these scientists are “one step closer” is the fact that ID research is indispensable to medicine and biology. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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Is Joe Blow “Anti-Intellectual”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 3, 2020

Evolution

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Joe wonders how a scientist could be so wrong and still keep his job. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
February 25, 2020

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Medicine
Reproductive Science
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When Does Human Life Begin?

_{Michael Egnor
February 25, 2020

Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Budding is the means of reproduction of some species of worms but it is most certainly not a means reproduction by human beings. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
February 20, 2020

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Astronomy
Physical Sciences
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Foe of Intelligent Design Makes a Great Case for ID Science

_{Michael Egnor
February 20, 2020

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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Steven Novella is a Yale neurologist who has consistently denied that ID is a valid scientific inference. Read More ›