Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 8, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Reid, creationism, Darwinian evolution, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Eric Plutzer, Evolution News, Evolution: Education and Outreach, Glenn Branch, intelligent design, methodology, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), Next Generation Science Standards, scientists, survey, teachers}

Survey Misclassifies Darwin-Doubting Teachers

_{Casey Luskin
July 8, 2020

Evolution

13}

This project cannot tell us how many students are taught evolution dogmatically and how many are studying it scientifically. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, Alexander H. Stephens, blacks, Carl Bergstrom, Caucasians, Christopher Rufo, Civic Biology, Confederacy, Cornerstone Speech, Darwinists, Ethiopian, eugenics, Europe, evolution, genocide, human evolution, Human Zoos, John West, On the Origin of Species, racial injustice, Robin DiAngelo, scientific racism, Scopes Monkey Trial, Seattle, Second Reich, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, United States, University of Washington, White Fragility, whites}

White Fragility — A Free Pass for Scientists?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

“White Fragility” is the phrase of the moment. It refers to an unwillingness on the part of white people to admit “complicity” with racism. Read More ›

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Author
John Lennox

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, eugenics, Frankenstein, Germany, humanity, Jews, John Gray, Mary Shelley, Nazis, Poles, Soviet Union, transhumanism, Übermensch}

Transhumanism’s Challenge to Humanity

_{John Lennox
July 7, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

“For myself, unregenerate humanity is preferable — the flawed and conflicted creatures we are.” Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Africa, age restriction, algorithms, censorship, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinism, documentary, genocide, German ideology, German Southwest Africa, Herero people, imperialism, Namibia, Politicians, pop culture, preachers, Racism, religious racism, scientific racism, Second Reich, Social Darwinism, The Biology of the Second Reich, World War I, YouTube videos}

African Genocide: The Horror of Scientific Racism

_{John G. West
July 7, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and only a part of the story of Social Darwinism's influence on Western imperialism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Marshall, critics, Evolution News, evolutionary icons, filmmaker, intelligent design, Jackson Wheat, Jeremy England, Jonathan Wells, Long Story Short, music, Nota Bene, PZ Myers, whales, YouTube videos, Zombie Science (book)}

Whale Song: Learning from Our Critics

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2020

Biology, Evolution

4}

A substantive argument is a lovely thing to behold, to watch or to listen to, even if punctuated (in Myers's case) by the usual grumpy insults. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Alfred Tennyson, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, élan vital, evolution, evolutionary biology, Galileo Galilei, Genetics (journal), George Bernard Shaw, George Eliot, Harvard School of Public Health, heliocentric model, Henri Bergson, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Cairns, Joseph Conrad, Karl Marx, Max Delbrück, Nicolaus Copernicus, Peter Bowler, Ptolemaic system, randomness, religion, Salvador Luria, Sigmund Freud, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Kuhn}

The Triumphalism of Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2020

Evolution, Science Education

7}

The oversimplification here is staggering (Darwin and women’s rights?!) and would take an entire book to unpack. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Afghan Hound, Black Lives Matter, Border Collie, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, Christians, civil rights, creativity, Darwinists, dominance, elk, Human Zoos, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, New York Times, Oregon, Ota Benga, pastors, Portland, priests, protesters, pseudoscience, racial hierarchy, Racism, scientific racism, Scripture, statues, Wesley Smith}

Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2020

Evolution

5}

What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top? Read More ›

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Date
July 6, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, blood, cardiovascular system, Charles Darwin, common descent, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, evolutionists, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, oxygen, red blood cells, Robert Waltzer}

In a Nutshell: Three Problems for Evolution

_{Science and Culture
July 6, 2020

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Biologist Robert Waltzer briefly details the engineering wonder that permits oxygen to be carried by the blood. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 6, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ann Reid, climate change, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, Eugenie Scott, evolution, intelligent design, National Association of Biology Teachers, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), public education, Sarah Chaffee, strengths and weaknesses, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

NCSE Underreports Teachers Who Support Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 6, 2020

Science Education

5}

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit group that has one primary mission: to censor minority scientific viewpoints on hot-button issues like evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Walcott, China, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinists, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran era, Evolution News, fossilization, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Kimberella, Metazoa, Mongolia, Namacalathus, paleontologists, Ross P. Anderson, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, taphonomy, trilobites}

The Demise of the Artifact Hypothesis

_{Günter Bechly
July 6, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwinists have to face the fact that a core prediction of their theory miserably failed an important empirical test. Read More ›