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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 13, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, Asa Gray, biographers, Bridgewater Treatises, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, developmental biology, epigenetics, evolution, genomics, hagiography, mythology, natural selection, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, orchids, paleontology, punctuation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, variation, Victorian period}

Does the World Need Another Book About Darwin?

_{Robert Shedinger
February 13, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

We need to let Darwin speak for himself. It turns out that Darwin, given the opportunity, is quite capable of dismantling his own mythology. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, ID the Future, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, podcast, recognition, rhetoric, Robert Shedinger, scientific community, status}

Deconstructing Darwin: The Myth and the Man

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Harboring a secret fear that he’d become what his father said he would — a disgrace to his family — Darwin desperately sought status and recognition. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, abiogenesis, Anaximander, Anaximenes, apologetics, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, Charles Bradlaugh, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Goldilocks Zone, Karl Popper, Lucretius, Melanie Phillips, natural preservation, natural selection, New Atheists, New Synthesis, randomness, Richard Dawkins, spontaneous generation, teleology, The Descent of Man, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Malthus, Victorian period, Werner Heisenberg}

Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences

_{Neil Thomas
February 12, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science

20}

The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, demythologization, dogmatism, evolution, history, intelligent design, Jeffrey Kripal, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick}

For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

_{Jonathan Witt
February 12, 2024

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

3}

Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›

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Date
February 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Anthony Esolen, Arabic, artificial intelligence, books, brains, Chinese, Discover Magazine, Dutch, editors, English, evolution, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, languages, linguists, materialist theories, Miami, quantum physics, Scientific American, software, Spanish, writers}

How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs…Or Not

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

2}

Almost 400 years after its discovery, the process of metamorphosis is still a thorny conundrum for evolutionary biologists. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, extra-solar planets, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Michael Medved, planets, podcast, The Privileged Planet, universe}

Dallas Conference, February 17: Our Privileged Planet, 20 Years On

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

Philosopher Dr. Jay Richards previews the theme of February 17's Dallas Science and Faith Conference. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, chronology, consciousness, eliminative materialism, Greek, Homer, Nautilus, panpsychism, Princeton University, The Odyssey}

Is Consciousness a Recent Development?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Reporting
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, deception, deep fakes, deep learning, democracy, historical figures, hype, images, Neural Networks, post-trust, public opinion, robot, robotics, security, skepticism, trade-offs, trust, video}

Deep Fakes and Propaganda for Artificial General Intelligence

_{William A. Dembski
February 9, 2024

Computational Sciences, Science Reporting

6}

The video shows a supposed table tennis match between a robot and a top human player. Yet the video is not of an actual match. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, chronospecies, evolution, foraminiferans, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, intelligent design, marine invertebrates, marine protozoans, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, saltation, species, species-to-species transitions, vertebrates}

Fossil Friday: Chronospecies, a Sinking Ship

_{Günter Bechly
February 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

9}

The concept of chronospecies in paleontology was introduced by George (1956) for the naming of successive species in a single evolving lineage. Read More ›

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