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Bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC as setting sun illuminates interior of the monument

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, amphibians, birds, cars, cave bears, cephalopods, driving, fish, Flight, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, natural selection, reptiles, University of Sydney}

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 28, 2025

Archaeology, Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American Humanist Association, anti-American propaganda, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Daily Wire, disinformation, Donald Trump, genetic difference, Heritage Foundation, human beings, human exceptionalism, humans, ideology, museums, National Museum of Natural History, organisms, Plato's Revenge, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration}

Memo to the Smithsonian

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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We are trying to bring some reasonable pressure to bear on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and its scientifically inaccurate displays. Read More ›

Happy father having fun while playing with his small son at home.

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agent causation, B. F. Skinner, behavior, behaviorism, children, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, free will, grammar, intellect, Jerry Fodor, language, language organ, mental states, Michael Behe, Noam Chomsky, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, The Immortal Mind, What Darwin Got Wrong}

Behaviorism Failed Much as Darwinism Has Done

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2025

Evolution, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The human mind, like the origin and development of life itself, is not reducible to merely physical processes. Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, Giulio Tononi, humanity, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, Mind Matters, panpsychism, TED talks, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Egnor: The Central Mystery of Our Humanity Is Human Consciousness

_{Science & Culture
May 30, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

5}

The fate of the discipline of consciousness studies may depend on how committed researchers are to finding the facts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, biology, Charles Darwin, evolution, historians, natural, Nature, nihilism, purpose, sexuality, transphobia, unnatural, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

Harari: “Darwin Is the Prophet”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 18, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Psychology

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I’ve never heard evolution and nihilism connected so clearly and concisely, and the implications vastly exceed sexuality. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 26, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Day in America, Darwin's Corrosive Idea, Darwinism, evolution, faith and science, human dignity, ID the Future, John West, materialism, meaning, nature, podcast, Racism, scientific racism, Western culture}

John West on Darwin’s Culturally Corrosive Idea

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 26, 2025

Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology

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Darwin’s purely materialistic theory of evolution has drained meaning from nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, Christopher Rufo, Communists, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, DNA, Larry Sanger, Marxists, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scripture, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 11, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, doctors, epilepsy, free will, human mind, material cause, Michael Egnor, mind, Mother Teresa, neurosurgeons, seizures, unconsciousness}

From Seizures, a Healthy Respect for the Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 11, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Webb Wright’s roundup of historical approaches to epilepsy is not very insightful, unfortunately. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, China, culture, depression, diagnosis, dissidents, King’s College, mental illness, psychiatry, Russia, schizophrenia}

Dissent Becomes a Mental Illness

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 9, 2025

Medicine, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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A healthcare historian looks at the history of the use of psychiatry to crush alternative viewpoints. Read More ›