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Designed to Dance? Here’s What Science Says

Dancing is not a mere add-on feature that came a couple of mutations after mankind figured out how to shamble. Read More ›
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How Did the Designer Do It? 

It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›
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Grok as Hitler 2.0 Reveals Hard Limits to AI

We mustn’t attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, incompetence, corruption, or blind ambition. Read More ›
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“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Question for Stephen Meyer

That’s a good question that could start a very productive conversation about the origin and development of life on Earth. Read More ›
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Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Read More ›
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Photo: Puget Sound from West Seattle, by David Klinghoffer.

Dementia Hints That the Brain Is Not All There Is to the Mind

People with dementia have severe memory issues, along with motor, perception, and emotional disabilities, and that curtails their powers of reason. Read More ›
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Life — A Normal Life, Mind You — Without a Brain

It’s hard to discuss these issues honestly because anomalies like the story of this French man tend to get buried or explained away. Read More ›
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Scopes and History: A Personal Reminiscence

In 1956 my father, a devout Darwinian who had failed to persuade me by taking me to the esteemed Field Museum in Chicago, treated me to a theater offering. Read More ›
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One Hundred Years After Scopes, It’s “Scopes-in-Reverse”

Casey Luskin tried to contact the folks at Vanderbilt about the lock-out, but no one even bothered to get back to him. Read More ›
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Are Scientists Allowed to Consider Unscientific Explanations? 

Let’s consider a narrower field. Geology, as everyone knows, is concerned with the natural processes that act upon the earth. Read More ›

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