Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 12, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, science, Views}

For Pinker’s Insufferable Scientism, a Satisfying Triple Smackdown

_{David Klinghoffer
August 12, 2013

Bioethics

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His essay in the New Republic, seeking to appropriate the word "scientism" as designating a good thing, wins the prize for the most off-putting, condescending title of the year. Read More ›

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Date
August 12, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review}

Exaptation, aka Co-Option: Still a Favorite Darwinian Excuse for Complex Adaptations in Nature

_{Science & Culture
August 12, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Feathers, for example, did not originate for flight but may have helped insulate or waterproof dinosaurs before helping birds fly." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 10, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Colleagues' Responses, defining id, defining terms, evidence, positive case for design, reasoning, Response to Criticism, straw man}

Straw Men Aside, What Is the Theory of Intelligent Design, Really?

_{Casey Luskin
August 10, 2013

Intelligent Design

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Many critics of intelligent design have promoted false, straw-man versions of ID. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 9, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
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, __k-review, science}

Wesley Smith on the “Anti-Science Canard”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 9, 2013

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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"The point of the slur is to avoid actual discourse by branding an intellectual opponent as irrational, theocratic, and/or reactionary." Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
August 9, 2013

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Ball State University}

Hedin Witness #3: "This Course Made Me a Better Learner"

_{Joshua Youngkin
August 9, 2013

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

1}

For those keeping score at home, that's now three eye-and-ear witnesses for Dr. Eric Hedin to Ball State University's zero. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 9, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science}

Biologist John Mattick on Junk DNA, ENCODE, and Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 9, 2013

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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It is not every day that we encounter such a humble attitude from a scientist who is prepared to candidly acknowledge the incompleteness in our understanding of the mechanics of evolution. Read More ›

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Date
August 8, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Book News & Events, Darwin's Doubt, events}

Don’t Miss the Friday Deadline to Register for Saturday Night’s Book Party for Darwin’s Doubt!

_{Science & Culture
August 8, 2013

Intelligent Design

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Notice the foreground of this photograph of the Seattle Art Museum, taken the night of the book party for Stephen Meyer's last book, Signature in the Cell. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
August 8, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Nation}

No, That Bill in Pennsylvania Would Not "Spur Creationism Discussion"

_{Joshua Youngkin
August 8, 2013

Evolution, Science Education, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

1}

Editors: Don't go with the first story title that pops into your head. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 8, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Response to Criticism}

Among Darwin Defenders, Evidence of Short-Term Memory Loss

_{David Klinghoffer
August 8, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

If you've spent time with aged loved ones afflicted by senile dementia, this will ring a bell. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 7, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Nick Matzke, Response to Criticism, Stephen Meyer}

Does Natural Selection Leave “Detectable Statistical Evidence in the Genome”?

_{Casey Luskin
August 7, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In Chapter 11 of Darwin's Doubt, Stephen Meyer responds extensively to critics who have claimed that the evolution of new genes is well understood. Read More ›