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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, Anolis lizard, bread, cheese, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania}

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

_{Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Darwinian theory, David Klinghoffer, debate, Douglas Axe, human life, ideology, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kevin Williamson, lawyers, Michael Behe, natural selection, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Research, science, Stephen Meyer, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Stifling the Intelligent Design Debate Is Bad Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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Kevin Williamson deploys an absurd reductionist construct of the ID field as consisting of ideological assertions by “lawyers” and “amateurs.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, Cambrian Explosion, complexity, Darwinism, fact-checking, Gerd Müller, incorrigibility, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, National Review, Neo-Darwinism, novelty, peer-reviewed, peer-reviewed literature, University of Vienna}

Self-Induced Blindness: Round 3 with Kevin Williamson

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2019

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Of course, an allergy to conceding error is not unique to ID opponents, but it is typical of them. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Dennis Prager, history, laymen, myths, religion, science, Unbelievable}

Mike Keas on the Dennis Prager Show, 11 AM Pacific Time

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2019

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Isn’t it interesting that some laymen are able to interact with the relevant scientific ideas here — Prager does — while others plug their ears and refuse to think about it. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Age of Illumination, Age of Reason, Alhazen, Arabic, atheism, Bede, cathedrals, Euclid, eyeglasses, Galileo Galilei, Greek, Ibn al-Haytham, Jerry Coyne, Johannes Kepler, Latin, Literal Commentary on Genesis, Myth of the Dark Ages, Ptolemy, Roger Bacon, Rome, Saint Augustine, scientific revolution, The Nature of Things, Unbelievable, universities, University of Bologna, Walter Laird}

Atheism’s Myth of a Christian Dark Ages Is Unbelievable

_{Mike Keas
January 22, 2019

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning

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Did Christianity really drag the West into an anti-scientific “Dark Ages,” a period said to stretch from the fall of Rome to 1450 AD? Read More ›

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Date
January 21, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, bestseller, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Eric Metaxas, Facebook, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan Witt, New York Times, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, Wall Street Journal}

Dallas Conference on Science and Faith Is a Hit, as Meyer, Metaxas, Tour Welcome Surprise Guest

_{Science and Culture
January 21, 2019

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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More than a thousand people filled Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas this past weekend. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, abstraction, Amsterdam, documentary, eugenics, First Baptist Church, Germany, Human Zoos, John West, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Nazis, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Texas}

What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›

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Date
January 19, 2019

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Bill Nye, C.S. Lewis, earth, ID the Future, ISI Books, Judeo-Christian tradition, Michael Keas, Old Testament, podcast, Psalms, rigged game, theists, theology, Unbelievable, universe}

Listen: No, Bill Nye, a Big Cosmos Isn’t a Problem for Religion

_{Science and Culture
January 19, 2019

History of Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Bill Nye recently dusted off this old saw, but the Old Testament itself, in the Psalms, depicts man and the Earth as tiny in compared to a vast universe. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Dallas, Darwinian theory, discrimination, gravitation, Herbert Spencer, Hiroshima, Human Zoos, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, materialism, Nagasaki, progress, Racism, science, scientific racism, scientism, Strength to Love}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
January 18, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

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Dr. King was sharply critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke forcefully against the idea that humans are the products of a blind material process. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, choice, crime, evil, free will, genes, good, human dignity, Jerry Coyne, justice, morality, neurotransmitters, punishment, totalitarianism}

Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
January 17, 2019

Bioethics

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Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed. Read More ›