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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Social Sciences

cat chewing
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 6, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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Can We Eliminate the Idea of Function from Biology? A Philosopher and a Biologist Want to Try

Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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They propose the term “biological role” instead. Thus, presumably, “the function of teeth is chewing” becomes “the biological role of teeth is chewing.” Read More ›
leafcutter ants
Photo: Leafcutter ants, by Pjt56, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 4, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
5
Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
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David Klinghoffer
Date
May 4, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
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John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology
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The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›
DNA
DNA
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Casey Luskin
Date
April 28, 2022
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Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Physics
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Investigating the Evidence for Intelligent Design — in Biochemistry and Other Fields

Casey Luskin
April 28, 2022
Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Physics
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Irreducible complexity and high CSI systems are found, indicating these systems were designed. Read More ›
Mimosa pudica
Photo: Mimosa pudica, the "shameplant, by Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 15, 2022
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Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022
Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. Read More ›
Unite the Right rally, Charlottesvile, VA
Photo credit: Unite the Right rally, Charlottesvile, VA, © 2017 Rodney Dunning, via Flicker (cropped).
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Richard Weikart
Date
April 15, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Sociology
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Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?

Richard Weikart
April 15, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Sociology
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This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards. Read More ›
Armillaria_ostoyae_MO
Photo credit: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 14, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›
earthworm
Photo: An earthworm, Swifts Creek, Victoria, by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›
ectoplasm
Photo: A medium exuding "ectoplasm," by Harvey Metcalfe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 7, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

Neil Thomas
April 7, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›
Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin’s statue, Natural History Museum, by http://www.cgpgrey.com [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Kenneth Feucht
Date
March 25, 2022
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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Psychology
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Darwinism and the “So What?” Question: John West’s Darwin Day in America

Kenneth Feucht
March 25, 2022
Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Psychology
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At first glance, it might seem that whether we believe in evolution as a purely material, unguided process should make no difference to values or morality. Read More ›

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