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Molecular Clocks Can’t Save Darwinists from the Cambrian Dilemma

To explain away the Cambrian explosion has been and remains a high priority for Darwinists. Read More ›
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Can Self-Organization Theory Account for Consciousness?

One difficulty is that many humans produce a “self” with split brains, a brain missing key components, or half a brain. That’s not consistent with materialism. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943)
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›
Samuel Haughton
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Meet Samuel Haughton, Darwin’s First Scientific Critic

Darwin reports Haughton’s verdict as having been that “all that was new in there was false, and what was true was old.” Read More ›
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Was Darwinian Theory Based on a False Analogy to Geology?

Given the degree of discipleship for Sir Charles, Darwin fully expected to receive Lyell’s commendation for his labors. Read More ›
The-Information-Enigma
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Here’s a New Evolutionary Theory Based on Information

Information follows different rules from matter and energy, which might change the way we see evolution. Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.

Topoisomerase Origins Defy Darwinian Explanations

A review of the topoisomerase family of molecular machines that repair DNA ignores where they came from. Another article tries but has no answers. Read More ›
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Three Realities Chance Can’t Explain That Intelligent Design Can

The argument for ID could not be clearer: Unintelligent forces cannot rearrange atoms into computers and airplanes and nuclear power plants and smartphones. Read More ›
Gregor Mendel
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Listen: Mendel vs. Darwin

Unfortunately, acceptance of Darwinism hindered acceptance of Gregor Mendel’s great insights. Read More ›

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