Author: Sarah Chaffee

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwin’s Black Box, Design Inference, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Judge John E. Jones, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, Scott Minnich, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Design Revolution, theology, Thomas Woodward, William Dembski}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 20, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, ACLU, David dewolf, Dover, errors, George W. Bush, intelligent design, John West, Kenneth Miller, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, media, New York Times, Nicholas Matzke, peer-reviewed publications, peer-reviewed research, Pennsylvania, plagiarism, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ten Myths About Dover, Time Magazine}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 2, “Judge Jones Is a Brilliant, Neutral Legal Scholar”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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A full 90.9 percent of a key section was copied, either verbatim or nearly verbatim, from a brief submitted by the plaintiffs’ attorney. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, John West, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, National Center for Science Education, public schools, Seth Cooper, Stephen Meyer, teachers, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 5, “Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Both Judge John E. Jones and the media have promoted the myth that Discovery was somehow behind the events that sparked the case. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, David dewolf, evolution, intelligent design, Jay Wexler, John West, Judge John Jones, Judgment Day, judicial activism, Kitzmiller v. Dover, religion, scientific community, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, Time Magazine}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 6, “Judge Jones, No Activist, Stayed Strictly Within Authority”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 16, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Federal judges are to decide constitutional questions. Deciding what is and is not science is a matter for philosophers of science. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, Darwin lobby, Discovery Institute, Dover, Dover School Board, education, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, plaintiffs, Scopes trial, Scott Minnich, Seth Cooper, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

10}

Judge Jones lumped Dover’s policy with the intelligent design movement, as if they were inextricably linked. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Alabama, biologic institute, California Science Center, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, Cornell University, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, George Church, Granville Sewell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Martin Gaskell, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), New Mexico, Nick Matzke, Pennsylvania, public policy, South Carolina, Ten Myths About Dover, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement, University of Kentucky}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 4, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, biological diversity, Center for Science and Culture, education, Evolution News, Free Science, free speech, ideology, intelligent design, professors, resources, students, Wall Street Journal}

If Your Free Speech Is Threatened, Let Us Know

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 4, 2020

Origin of Life, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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As the school year starts, I’m wondering how many students and professors will find themselves in difficult positions. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Albert Einstein, Australia, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID-19, evolution, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Peter Ridd, United States, universities}

In Australia, Academic Freedom Case Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 3, 2020

Scientific Freedom

3}

Professor Peter Ridd doubted that the Great Barrier Reef was almost dead due to global warming, and argued as much. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 3, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Ann Reid, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), nature, science education}

In Nature, NCSE Downplays Critical Analysis of Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 3, 2020

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The rosy picture the NCSE paints for advocates of pro-Darwin-only education is not quite accurate. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 24, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, biological evolution, common ancestry, development, DNA sequence, education, evo-devo, genetic drift, homology, Jonathan Wells, learning, neo-Darwinian theory, Next Generation Science Standards, phylogenetics}

In the NGSS, a Dogmatic Standard on Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 24, 2020

Origin of Life, Science Education

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Inaccurate teaching about evolution is widespread, as Jonathan Wells’s review of textbooks shows. Read More ›