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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Ethics
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, animal rights, animal suffering, animals, cats, cattle, Dogs, ethical issues, immorality, large language models, LLMs, meal planning, misanthropy, moral philosophers, Peter Singer, Princeton University, propaganda, robots, smart refrigerators, speciesism, steak}

“Moral Philosopher” Decries AI “Speciesism”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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Speciesism is the misanthropic argument that treating an animal like an animal is an evil akin to racism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, artists, atheism, Cavendish, Communism, continents, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, earth, exile, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, interviews, music, musical instrument, musicians, Peter Robinson, pianists, Russia, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge, Vermont}

Solzhenitsyn and the Demon of Evil: Peter Robinson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn in Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The demon of evil circles, sometimes uncloaked, other times cloaked in various guises, including the guise of faith. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, artificial inteligence, Conservation of Information, ID the Future, information, intelligence, Law of Conservation of Information, law of formation, Leon Brillouin, machines, mathematicians, nature, order, perpetual motion machines, philosophers, physical systems, reductionist biology, Second Law of Thermodynamics, William Dembski}

Why Intelligence Is Necessary to Explain Nature’s Functional Information

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The law of conservation of information shows that intelligence is a necessary requirement for the complex functional information found in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, biological design, cell types, chicken-or-egg problem, Darwinian theory, development, engineering, evolution, Howard Glicksman, human reproduction, information, intelligent design, life, mother, physical reality, physicians, Plato’s Revenge, pregnancy, reproduction, Roe v. Wade, Secrets of the Human Body, Steve Laufmann, systems engineers, theory of biological design, womb}

For Roe’s Anniversary, Renew Your Awe of Reproduction

_{David Klinghoffer
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How do those cells “know” what to become? Where does the information reside that shapes a human in the womb? Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
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, Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, Scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba}

The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

_{Amanda Witt
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Aubrey, Conservation of Information, Darwinian evolution, designer substitute, environmental pressure, hereditary variability, ID the Future, information, intelligence, inter lego, intervention, knowledge, Law of Conservation of Information, mathematicians, monograph, philosophers, podcast, specified complexity, Texas, unguided mechanism, United States, William Dembski}

Bill Dembski Reveals the Hidden Cost of Information

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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When the law of conservation of information is applied properly to evolutionary claims, the reality is sobering. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
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, AI Overview, archaeology, art, Bas van Fraassen, biology, ChatGPT, complex specified information, computation, computer science, Conservation of Information, control, cryptography, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Ernest Nagel, experiment, fecundity, Forensics, function, gnana yoga, Grok, Hinduism, ID 3.0 Research Program, Imre Lakatos, information, intelligent design, James Tour, James Woodward, Karl Popper, large language models, Larry Laudan, law, Lex Fridman, living things, materialism, mathematics, mechanism, methodological naturalism, Michael Levin, Nancy Cartwright, naturalism, ontology, origin of life, patterns, Paul Feyerabend, philosophy, Pierre Duhem, Plato, Platonic space, pseudoscience, Richard Dawkins, Sandra Mitchell, scientific theory, SETI, steganography, Stephen Meyer, testability, testing, thermostats, Thomas Kuhn, Tufts University, Willard Van Orman Quine}

Michael Levin and the Philosophy of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
January 20, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Levin is not a reflexive Darwinian materialist. Moreover, he touches on many themes that intelligent design theorists touch on. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bats, birds, birth canal, carbon dioxide, caves, Charles Darwin, DNA, eggs, evolution, fish, flipping, forme frust, genetics, giraffes, hanging, horses, intelligent design, Keep It Simple Sailor, mammals, neo-Darwinists, New York Post, nutrients, organs, oxygen, porcupines, quills, red blood cells, singing, skunks, The God Proofs, waste products, wings, young people}

Doctor’s Diary: Have We Overlooked Common Sense?

_{Geoffrey Simmons
January 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Take bats, for example. Many types eat upside down, yet they flip to eliminate wastes. Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, appendix, atoms, C.S. Lewis, Creative Evolution, Darwinism, faith and science, George Wald, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Life-Force, Mere Christianity, mind, Mind and Cosmos, monotheism, morality, panpsychism, philosophers, religion, super-intellect, Thomas Nagel, universe, Wald-Nagelanity}

C. S. Lewis on “Creative Evolution,” or the “Life-Force”

_{Thomas E. Woodward
January 19, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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"The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, chance, common sense, evolution, human brain, intelligent design, necessity, sophistication, superintellect, technology, The God Proofs, young people}

How Your Brain Points to Divine Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2026

Anatomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Human technology in every form is outstripped in sophistication by the object we all carry around in our heads. Read More ›