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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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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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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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Medicine

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Andrew McDiarmid
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October 31, 2023
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Bioethics
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Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
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Halloween Edition: A Look at Frightening Science with Wesley J. Smith

Andrew McDiarmid
October 31, 2023
Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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Biotechnology is advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 28, 2023
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Medicine
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How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2023
Bioethics, Medicine
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When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
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David Klinghoffer
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October 25, 2023
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Medicine
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John West: C. S. Lewis and the Prophet in the White Lab Coat Who Declares, “Thus Saith the SCIENCE”

David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023
Bioethics, Medicine
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Science needs its critics as much as any field of human endeavor does. Maybe even more so today. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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October 24, 2023
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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A Scholarly Riposte to Pop Free Will Denialism

Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2023
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Denial of free will is a quick route to totalitarianism. If you can’t be guilty because you can’t choose, you can’t be innocent either. Read More ›
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life
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Denyse O’Leary
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October 20, 2023
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

Denyse O’Leary
October 20, 2023
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Read More ›
brain
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Michael Egnor
Date
October 20, 2023
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Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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My Question for P. Z. Myers: How Did Human Consciousness “Evolve”?

Michael Egnor
October 20, 2023
Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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Human consciousness entails a unique ability to think abstractly — to reason, to think logically, to use language, to do mathematics, to exercise free will. Read More ›
After Death
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 18, 2023
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Faith & Science
Medicine
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After Death — A Riveting Glimpse of the Hereafter

David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2023
Faith & Science, Medicine
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There sure are a lot more things about reality than are captured by a narrow naturalistic view. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 15, 2023
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Saving Humans Is More Important than Saving Pigs

Wesley J. Smith
October 15, 2023
Bioethics, Medicine
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A potential avenue of increasing the supply of organs — xenotransplantation — is not, in my view, morally problematic in the least. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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October 10, 2023
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Faith & Science
Medicine
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Are Near-Death Experiences Science Now?

Denyse O’Leary
October 10, 2023
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The laughter has died down? Good. It was modern medicine — not religion — that created the hard evidence for credible near-death experiences. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 8, 2023
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Environment & Climate
Medicine
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

Denyse O’Leary
October 8, 2023
Environment & Climate, Medicine, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom
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Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Read More ›

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