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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 13, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, Asa Gray, Bridgewater Treatises, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, developmental biology, epigenetics, evolution, genomics, mythology, natural selection, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, orchids, paleontology, punctuation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, variation}

Does the World Need Another Book About Darwin?

_{Robert Shedinger
February 13, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We need to let Darwin speak for himself. It turns out that Darwin, given the opportunity, is quite capable of dismantling his own mythology. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, biologists, chemists, faith and science, intelligent design, metaphysical naturalism, methodological naturalism, physicists, psychologists, religious beliefs}

In Science, How “Assumed Atheism” Harms Religious Students

_{Robert Shedinger
January 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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For all practical purposes, there seems to be little daylight today between methodological and metaphysical naturalism, at least in graduate science classes. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 11, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ATP, Barbara McClintock, Daniel Nicholson, evolution, gene expression, genome, intelligence, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machine, mind, molecular biology, motor proteins, Nobel Prize, protein complexes}

Cellular Cognition? So Much for Darwinism!

_{Robert Shedinger
September 11, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Following up in considering Daniel Nicholson’s challenge to the machine concept of the cell, I will examine intracellular transport and cellular behavior. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Barbara McClintock, cells, Chance and Necessity, circuitry, cognition, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, function, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machine, machine metaphor, membranes, molecular biology, nucleic acids, proteins, self-assembly}

Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind?

_{Robert Shedinger
September 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, matter, mind, molecular machines, Natural Theology (book), nature, philosophers, William Paley}

Reconsidering David Hume’s Critique of Design Thinking

_{Robert Shedinger
July 12, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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There is no sense in which we can say that Hume destroyed the intellectual coherence of design thinking. William Paley could already see this in 1802. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, character, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, empirical evidence, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Mona Lisa, personality, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris}

“Professor Dave” and the Art of Projection

_{Robert Shedinger
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Psychology

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If I ever get asked to write a chapter on projection for a psychology textbook, Dave Farina’s outrageously disrespectful performance will be exhibit A. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, academia, African Americans, anti-racism, atheism, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Charles Lyell, evolution, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, history, Human Zoos, John West, Louis Agassiz, Racism, theistic evolution, Victorian England, Yale University}

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

_{Robert Shedinger
May 12, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, American Revolution, American South, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinian evolution, Harriet Martineau, historiography, James Moore, Journal of Researches, racists, Sacred Cause (series), scholarship, science fiction, slavery, University of Chicago Press}

A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce

_{Robert Shedinger
March 22, 2023

Bioethics, Culture, Evolution

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Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge, Charles Darwin, citations, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Down House, England, evolution, historiography, James Moore, John Stuart Mill, Louis Agassiz, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery}

Darwin and the “Eyre Affair”: A Speculative Tale

_{Robert Shedinger
March 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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October 7, 1865, saw a revolt break out in Jamaica in which 18 officials and militia men were killed by members of the freed black population. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, correspondence, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, history, James Moore, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, United States}

Darwin and Agassiz: An Imaginary Picture

_{Robert Shedinger
March 18, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Given the close relationship Louis Agassiz shared with pro-slavery factions in the South, Desmond and Moore focus much on Darwin’s relationship with Agassiz. Read More ›