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The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo Tintoretto

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, agnostics, atheism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, common ancestry, evolution, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, mainstream science, Michael Behe, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sapientia, Sean McDowell, Stephen Meyer, Templeton Prize, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, Venn diagram, Walter Bradley}

On the Swamidass Hypothesis — The Cheese Stands Alone

_{Paul Nelson
September 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We have a lonely hypothesis standing by itself in the center of the room, which no one, including its author, will own as true. Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent evolution, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Peter Bowler, Social Darwinism, teleology, The World of Life, Tom Wolfe, University of Pennsylvania, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: “Recent Studies Have Vindicated Wallace” Over Darwin

_{Science & Culture
September 2, 2020

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, cancel culture, censorship, evolution, free speech, human dignity, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, race, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The New Republic}

Andrew Sullivan, Meet Richard Sternberg

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2020

Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

3}

This is another illustration of what Michael Egnor and others have said: intelligent design was the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to cancel culture. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, faith, humanity, intelligent evolution, kin selection, Michelangelo’s David, natural selection, speech, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Turkey}

Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith

_{Science & Culture
September 1, 2020

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

3}

In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, cable bacteria, carbon dioxide, electricity, Elizabeth Pennisi, hydrogen, microbes, proteins, sediments, semiconductors, University of Maryland, University of New South Wales, University of North Carolina}

Design Gets Down and Dirty — Complex Specified Information in Electric Mud

_{Science & Culture
September 1, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Bacteria that conduct electricity with cables may be involved in everything from cleansing the oceans and enriching the soil to guarding our own teeth. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cryptography, Eric Holloway, information theory, intelligent design, Robert Crowther, specification, William A. Dembski}

Answering Critiques of Specification in William Dembski’s Design Filter

_{Science & Culture
August 31, 2020

Intelligent Design

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William Dembski accurately formalized a filter we use so often that we’re like fish in the sea. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anthropology, archeology, BioLogos, Brown University, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Modern Synthesis, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, teleology, The Descent of Man, The World of Life}

Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition

_{Science & Culture
August 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, cheetahs, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Live Science, mechanotransduction, miracles, New Scientist, Peru, PNAS, University of Liverpool}

Research Reveals Biological Design in the Sensing and Manipulation of Force

_{Science & Culture
August 31, 2020

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of physics constrain what can happen, but not how it happens. Biological designs show expertise in the use of forces for function. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

_{Science & Culture
August 30, 2020

Ethics, Faith & Science

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According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, C.S. Lewis, Jay Richards, John West, magic, Michael Aeschliman, science fiction, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, Victor Reppert}

C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

_{Science & Culture
August 29, 2020

Faith & Science

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Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Read More ›