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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin Day, evolutionary racism, Frederick Douglass, freedom, humans, Ku Klux Klan, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Frederick Douglass, Champion Abolitionist and Former Slave, on Evolutionary Racism

_{Michael Flannery
February 11, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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One wonders what kind of address Douglass would give on Darwin Day — falling tomorrow, February 12 — amidst Black History Month. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 10, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Anglo-Saxons, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, eugenics, Europeans, humankind, On the Origin of Species, Paul Broca, Peter Bowler, Racism, The Descent of Man, William Graham}

Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out

_{Michael Flannery
February 10, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
December 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwinism, David Berlinski, Down House, England, George Eliot, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, Jacques Barzun, James D. Watson, Janet Browne, Jews, Protestants, Roman Catholic, The Devil’s Delusion, The New Republic, Thomas Henry Huxley, University of Chicago}

#10 Story of 2020: Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb

_{Michael Flannery
December 23, 2020

Evolution

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It is comforting to know that Himmelfarb never lost her intellectual acuity or her moral passion on the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Civil War, Darwinism, Eva Jablonka, evolution, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckian theory, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rutgers University, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham}

Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand

_{Michael Flannery
November 23, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 11, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, Galen, ideology, intelligent evolution, Joseph Hooker, medicine, Overruling Intelligence, phlogiston, Quarterly Review, Science, The Malay Archipelago, X Club}

What We Can Learn from Darwin

_{Michael Flannery
November 11, 2020

Evolution

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We hear a lot of talk these days about “following the science.” But science rarely speaks with one unified voice. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 9, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, evolution, intelligent evolution, liberals, Loren Eiseley, Louis Pasteur, meaning, natural selection, purpose, The World of Life}

When Alfred Russel Wallace Spoke to Me

_{Michael Flannery
September 9, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind” to take in what Wallace had to tell me. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Geology
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theism, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolutionary theory, intelligent evolution, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, scientific community, theistic evolution}

James Dwight Dana: Falsely Claimed Darwinist

_{Michael Flannery
July 12, 2020

Evolution, Faith & Science, Geology

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When it comes to claims of the “nearly unanimous” acceptance of Darwinian evolution, mere assertion cannot stand as fact. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Civil War, Darwinian theism, development, evolution, intelligent evolution, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, positivism, progressivism, scientism, St. George Mivart, theism, theistic evolution, theology, Yale University}

Theistic Evolution: The Case of Theodore Munger

_{Michael Flannery
July 10, 2020

Faith & Science

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In an extensive essay, Munger’s purpose was to show that evolution not only poses no threat to Christian faith but can confirm it Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Europe, Harvard University, Louis Agassiz, National Academy of Sciences, Paul Broca, Racism, religion, Stanford University, The Descent of Man}

Louis Agassiz: Some Additional Thoughts

_{Michael Flannery
May 14, 2020

Evolution

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Despite the significance of Agassiz’s scientific accomplishments, his heavy historical baggage cannot be lightly discarded or ignored. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 4, 2020

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Auguste Comte, biological systems, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, history of id, intelligent design, logical positivism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular biology, Neo-Darwinism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, scientific reductionism}

What Precipitated the Intelligent Design Movement?

_{Michael Flannery
March 4, 2020

Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Here are some thoughts prompted by a rather curious question posed to me in an email, namely, “What were the findings that most helped ID since the turn of the millennium?” Read More ›