Category: Evolution

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Barbara Forrest, C. W. Howell, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Creationism’s Trojan Horse, Darwin Strikes Back, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), Doubts About Darwin, Dover trial, Edward Humes, Gordy Slack, IDEA Center, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Lauri Lebo, Michael Behe, Monkey Girl, novel arguments, Paul R. Gross, PhD thesis, preconceptions, scientific consensus, scientific papers, scientism, The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything, The Devil in Dover, Thomas Woodward}

C. W. Howell in Context: A Brief History of Histories

_{Casey Luskin
August 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One positive aspect: Howell rightly observes that some other would-be histories of ID, especially those by written by critics, are “polemical” and “activist.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured2, C. W. Howell, climate change, conservatism, denialism, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Luther College, narrative, New York University Press, news hook, religious studies, Robert Shedinger, scholarship, Science and Culture Today, science community, skepticism, stereotypes, Vaccines}

The Narrative Will Rock — But Not if C. W. Howell Can Help It

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Dr. Shedinger, in Dr. Howell’s own field, could have saved him some trouble by looking at his scholarship more carefully than Howell’s own academic reviewers. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, books, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, conservatism, Delphic oracle, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), evolution, God and Evolution, history, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jay Richards, journalists, lockdowns, Logan Gage, Michael Behe, Michael Chabarek, news angle, news hook, NYU Press, opinions writers, scientism, skepticism, Thomism, thought crime, Tom Bethell, vaccine mandates, William Dembski}

Is Intelligent Design the Root of All Science Skepticism?

_{Casey Luskin
August 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

As author C. W. Howell puts it, various ID proponents have sometimes committed the thought crime of “doubting the science consensus outside evolution." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academics, Amazon, Amazon Prime, artificial intelligence, Barnes and Noble, Baylor University, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, centerpiece, Christianity Today, Designer Science, Duke University, e-book, Edward J. Larson, evolution, Francis Beckwith, hardback, intelligent design, linchpin, Michael Behe, NYU Press, PhD, publishing, Ronald Numbers, scientists, Wall Street Journal, Winsomeness Squad}

Scholarship Hits the Fan: Designer Science Now Gone from Multiple Sites

_{David Klinghoffer
August 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The lack of scrutiny and skepticism by professional academics reflects a crisis of its own. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academic reviewers, Animal Algorithms, Ann Gauger, astrobiology, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, Charles Thaxton, Christianity Today, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), dGRNs, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, Edward Larson, epigenetics, evo-devo, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, Howard Glicksman, ID 3.0 Research Program, information, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Molecular Biology, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, molecular machines, natural genetic engineering, neo-Lamarckism, neutral evolution, New York University Press, peer-reviewed literature, Plato's Revenge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Quarterly Review of Biology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Robert J. Marks, self-organization, Signature in the Cell, statistics, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, symbiogenesis, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fighting a Battle That’s Over, and ID Won, Designer Science Omits Key Portions of ID’s History

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

35}

I want to be fair to Howell, but I also want to be fair to my colleagues who have worked hard developing and publishing new ID arguments over the past 20 years. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Angraecum sesquipedale, Charles Darwin, Christoph Adami, coevolution, evolution, evolutionary theory, experiments, insects, Madagascar, natural selection, nectar, nectary, orchids, pollen, predictions, proboscis, sphinx moth, spur, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Orchids, Moths, and (Supposed) Evolutionary Predictions

_{Winston Ewert
August 26, 2026

Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

What Adami has actually done is taken a prediction that has nothing to do with evolution and attribute it to evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, ACLU, Big Bang, biochemists, Biology and Philosophy, books, C. W. Howell, David E. Levin, Del Ratzsch, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), EWTN, First Amendment Law Review, inaccuracies, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, John Maddox, Judge John E. Jones, judges, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Mary Katherine Hackney, media, Michael Behe, National Catholic Reporter, New York University Press, North Carolina Law Review, plagiarism, publishers, quotations, Reports of the National Center for Science Education, Roman Catholicism, Skeptical Inquirer, Steve Fuller, The Design Inference, University of Warwick, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

NYU Press Book Makes Fake Behe Quote a Linchpin of Its Case Against Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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It’s quite a chain of errors, from the ACLU to Judge Jones to C. W. Howell. Each makes it worse than the one before. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, amoebas, avida, bacteria, biological information, brains, cells, Christoph Adami, citrate, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, evolution, flasks, intelligent design, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, Michigan State University, oxygen, Podarcis siculus, population, pre-existing information, recycling, Richard Lenski, temperatures, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, UC Irvine, viruses}

Origin of Biological Information? Nope, Just Its Recycling

_{Winston Ewert
August 25, 2026

Biology, Evolution

3}

Followers of the debate between intelligent design and Darwinian evolution will be familiar with Christoph Adami's example. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, avida, biological systems, biology, chaperone, Christoph Adami, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, experiments, eye evolution, function, letters, mutation rate, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information, vertebrate eye}

Avida and Making Eye Evolution Seem Plausible

_{Winston Ewert
August 24, 2026

Biology, Computational Sciences, Evolution

4}

Adami says, “it is hard not to see the parallels to other evolutionary innovations, for example the co-option of the existing crystallin protein in the eye.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 22, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Africa, beneficial mutations, biology, C-Harlem, cellular networks, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Dave Farina, de novo genes, degradation, Educating Dave Farina (series), evolution, expression, generation time, genetics, information, insults, loss-of-function, Michael Behe, misrepresentations, name-calling, neofunctionalization, neutral mutations, non-coding DNA, population genetics, probabilistic resources, protein folding, pseudogenes, purifying selection, strawman, The Edge of Evolution, unguided processes, YouTubers}

Dave Farina Misunderstands Behe’s Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 22, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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Farina’s response to my previous series is characterized by misrepresentations, selective engagement, and reliance on insults and name-calling. Read More ›