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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Peter Biles

Middle-earth
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Peter Biles
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November 2, 2024
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Arts
Bioethics
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Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?

Peter Biles
November 2, 2024
Arts, Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth? Read More ›
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Peter Biles
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September 12, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
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Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

Peter Biles
September 12, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education
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While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Photo: A scene from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Peter Biles
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May 11, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

Peter Biles
May 11, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Read More ›
Spider-Man
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Peter Biles
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April 14, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Science Gone Wrong, Thanks to a Hasty Transhumanist

Peter Biles
April 14, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution
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“40,000 years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential." Read More ›
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Peter Biles
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April 9, 2024
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Life with Screens: A Novelist’s Prophetic Warning

Peter Biles
April 9, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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David Foster Wallace foresaw the rise of the Internet and its pantheon of seductions. Read More ›
Hitler Youth
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Peter Biles
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January 17, 2024
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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Technology
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The Nazis and Their Transhumanist Delusion

Peter Biles
January 17, 2024
Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Technology
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A new series on Netflix shows what can happen when the delusions of transhumanism join forces with an appalling ideology. Read More ›
jellyfish galaxy
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Peter Biles
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December 14, 2023
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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For Advent, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe 

Peter Biles
December 14, 2023
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›
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Peter Biles
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September 9, 2023
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Arts
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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Oliver Anthony and Human Exceptionalism

Peter Biles
September 9, 2023
Arts, Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind
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If you’ve been online at all for the last few weeks, chances are you’ve come across headlines about the folk/country singer Oliver Anthony. Read More ›
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Peter Biles
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August 31, 2023
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Bioethics
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Can Everything Be Reduced to Data?

Peter Biles
August 31, 2023
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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"Dataism is at odds with human flourishing. It’s difficult to find a Renaissance moment in this ruinous reductionism." Read More ›
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Peter Biles
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August 16, 2023
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story

Peter Biles
August 16, 2023
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning. Read More ›

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