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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, academic freedom, American Revolution, conservatives, Darwinism, David Coppedge, Douglas Axe, free speech, French Revolution, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John Adams, looting, Marxism, Oregon, Portland, Richard Sternberg, rioting, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, The New Criterion, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Thomas Jefferson, Wall Street Journal, Wesley Smith, William F. Buckley Jr., Yale University}

Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

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September 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent evolution, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Peter Bowler, Social Darwinism, teleology, The World of Life, Tom Wolfe, University of Pennsylvania, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: “Recent Studies Have Vindicated Wallace” Over Darwin

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September 2, 2020

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, cancel culture, censorship, evolution, free speech, human dignity, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, race, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The New Republic}

Andrew Sullivan, Meet Richard Sternberg

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September 1, 2020

Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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This is another illustration of what Michael Egnor and others have said: intelligent design was the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to cancel culture. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, faith, humanity, intelligent evolution, kin selection, Michelangelo’s David, natural selection, speech, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Turkey}

Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith

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September 1, 2020

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anthropology, archeology, BioLogos, Brown University, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Modern Synthesis, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, teleology, The Descent of Man, The World of Life}

Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition

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August 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

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August 30, 2020

Ethics, Faith & Science

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According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, C.S. Lewis, Jay Richards, John West, magic, Michael Aeschliman, science fiction, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, Victor Reppert}

C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

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August 29, 2020

Faith & Science

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Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, apology, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, Darwinian theory, eugenics, evolution, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, National Zoo, New York Times, newspapers, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, stonewalling}

Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

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August 28, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting

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It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Read More ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, baseball, Christianity, chromosomes, common ancestry, Daniel Dennett, faith, first couple, mainstream science, methodological naturalism, Paul Nelson, reality, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sapientia, science, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theology, Venn diagram}

Adam and Eve and “Mainstream Science”

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August 27, 2020

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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“The category ‘mainstream science’ sounds plausibly neutral, capturing the sort of objective knowledge to which any well-educated adult should assent.” Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, apes, atheism, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, creativity, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, human evolution, humans, intelligent design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, Periodic Table, phenotypes, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

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August 27, 2020

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›