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Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›
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Leveraging the Design Inference for Effectively Falsifying Data

The academy raises generation after generation of inept data falsifiers who embrace the foolish naiveté that their shenanigans are immune to discovery. Read More ›
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The War on 2 + 2 = 4

The people weighing in against 2 + 2 = 4 are not mathematicians but in education departments where they teach the teaching of mathematics. Read More ›
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ChatGPT Linked with Memory Loss, Poor Academic Performance

When students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. Read More ›
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Apply for the Cost-Free Summer Seminars on ID, but Do It Now! Deadline Is March 31

How can you get involved with ID research? For many scholars, the answer was to attend our Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design. Read More ›
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New Course on Science and Christianity Beginning Soon with Melissa Cain Travis

Special attention will be given to long-enduring myths and misconceptions that underpin the so-called “warfare thesis.” Read More ›
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The 2024 Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design Could Be the Highlight of Your Year! 

There’s an eye-opening trend in the applicant pool that we’ve observed over the past few years — it’s an exciting trend but it has an upside and a downside. Read More ›
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Summer Seminars Create the Next Generation of Intelligent Design

Jacob Butschek, one of our 2023 international seminar students, shared his story with me. “Theism gets hammered by society and universities,” he says. Read More ›
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Profound Impact of the Summer Seminars on ID — Application Deadline March 31

The program, to be held in spectacular Colorado, is intended primarily for undergrads and graduate students. Read More ›
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West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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