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Date
November 21, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, atheism, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinism, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Occam's Razor, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Klavan and Meyer on God and Science

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November 21, 2021

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The pair touch on the Judeo-Christian roots of science, how fine-tuning in physics and cosmology point to intelligent design, and more. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, calendars, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Christmas, Discovery Institute, galaxies, hats, holiday season, mugs, natural world, notebooks, puzzles, t-shirts, wall art, Zazzle}

Holiday Shopping Is Almost Here!

_{Amanda Witt
November 18, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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We have T-shirts, mugs, notebooks, hats, wall art, calendars, puzzles (like the Amazing Colorful Moon Satellite Photo Composite Jigsaw Puzzle, above), and more. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, chimpanzees, corporations, crime, elephants, Eugene M. Fahey, lawsuit, morality, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, Pachamama, persons, The Atlantic}

Elephants Are Better “Persons” Than People!

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2021

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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This misanthropic drive among the elites to is not only wrongheaded, it is dangerous. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), algorithms, Ann Gauger, atheism, Big Tech, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin’s Cancel Culture, Darwinists, David Berlinski, Douglas Axe, Elizabeth Whatley, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, fiction, George Orwell, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Egnor, Newspeak, novels, Paul Nelson, Stephen Meyer, telescreen, thoughtcrime, unperson, William A. Dembski}

Let’s Make Orwell Fiction Again!

_{David Klinghoffer
November 17, 2021

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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Today, intelligent design is a thoughtcrime. Using words that help others recognize the meaning that underlies nature may be the severest offense. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 16, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science Reporting
Tagged
, algebra, ambiguity, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, computer science, computers, COSM 2021, Discovery Institute, Erik Larson, grocery store, Harvard University Press, humans, Jeopardy, superintelligence, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

Harvard U Press Computer Science Author Gives AI a Reality Check

_{Casey Luskin
November 16, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science Reporting

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The key missing ingredient in machine intelligence is the ability to appreciate context, do analysis, and make appropriate inferences. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, bottleneck, Calvin College, Christianity Today, Deborah Haarsma, Dennis Venema, DNA, Evangelical Christians, Evangelicals, evolutionary creation, evolutionary science, Francis Collins, human origin, humans, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Nature Ecology and Evolution, npr, Ola Hössjer, Queen Mary University, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Human Origins, Scot McKnight, The Language of God, theistic evolution, Trinity Western University, William Lane Craig}

Lessons from the Evangelical Debate About Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 15, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The standard evolutionary account of human origins holds that our population has always been in the thousands and humanity did not descend from an initial pair. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, Cicero, common sense, cosmogenic myth, David Hume, Epicurus, evolution, Galen, Geoffrey Chaucer, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Lady Fortuna, Lady Luck, Lucretius, materialism, natural selection, Plato, Victorian England}

How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin: A Coda

_{Neil Thomas
November 15, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

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After seeing my recent book through to publication, I began to experience a certain gnawing feeling. Read More ›

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Date
November 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, faith, Francis Collins, ID the Future, Karl Giberson, podcast, The Language of Science and Faith, theistic Darwinism, theistic evolution}

Book Championing Theistic Evolution Comes up Short

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November 14, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Casey Luskin reviews the contradictions and fallacious bandwagon appeals that he says permeate the book. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Annual Review of Anthropology, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, Donald Johanson, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Mark Collard, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), total energy expenditure, William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiologists, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Steve Stewart-Williams, Viking mission, William Harvey}

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›