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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
November 25, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
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C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason

_{Jay W. Richards
November 25, 2013

Evolution, Faith & Science

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If naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason, and so, ought not to trust arguments in favor of naturalism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 25, 2013

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, The Privileged Planet}

How Do We Grapple with the Idea that ET Might Not Be Out There?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 25, 2013

Physical Sciences

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Every month, we hear of a planet or moon capable of supporting hype. Read More ›

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Date
November 25, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, history}

An Uneven Classic: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

_{Science and Culture
November 25, 2013

Bioethics, Evolution

1}

It's worth recalling, if just a mite belatedly with respect to the 50th anniversary of his death, Huxley's well-known work of science fiction. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 24, 2013

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, science, Views}

Evolutionary Science Never Rests

_{Michael Egnor
November 24, 2013

Evolution

1}

We laugh at speculation about natural selection for smaller breasts, but most of us don't understand equally ridiculous speculation about remingtonocetids, ambulocetids, and protocetids. Read More ›

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Date
November 23, 2013

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, The Privileged Planet, video}

Our Privileged Planet, Streaming Live

_{Science and Culture
November 23, 2013

Physical Sciences

1}

It's hard not to see this, in some karmic sense, as a rebuke to the ongoing buzz about how many "Earth-like" planets people think are out there. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 22, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science}

Shooting the Messenger: Elizabeth Pennisi

_{David Klinghoffer
November 22, 2013

Evolution

1}

As a science journalist, Ms. Pennisi has more than once stuck her finger in the eye of evolution's ancient r�gime. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 22, 2013

Categories
Science
Tagged
, __edited, Health & Wellness, Research, science}

"Adaptation" in Hearing: "We Have No Idea How It Works"

_{David Klinghoffer
November 22, 2013

Science

3}

While research giveth understanding, it sometimes also taketh it away -- revealing that what we thought we know ain't really so. Read More ›

Wooden Defendant Dock in Historic Courtroom Interior

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 22, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __k-review, Bernard Acworth, C.S. Lewis, common descent, Darwin Mythology, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism as religion, dogmatism, evolution, evolutionism, fallibility, hubris, inference, inferential science, intellectual humility, metaphysical naturalism, nature, paradigm shift, persistent scientific errors, Phillip E. Johnson, rhetoric, Richard Dawkins, scientism, The Magician's Twin, The Right Questions (book), undirected process, vestigial structures, Zeitgeist}

Darwin in the Dock: C.S. Lewis’s Critique of "Evolutionism"

_{John G. West
November 22, 2013

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Scientific Trustworthiness

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By highlighting the all-too-human frailties of modern science, Lewis made his most important contribution to the evolution debate. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 21, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science}

Lenski’s Long-Term Evolution Experiment: 25 Years and Counting

_{Michael Behe
November 21, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Richard Lenski's work represents a baleful portent for any theory of evolution that relies exclusively on blind, undirected processes. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 21, 2013

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review}

Darwin in the Dock: C.S. Lewis’s Doubts about the Creative Power of Natural Selection

_{John G. West
November 21, 2013

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

1}

Lewis first read French philosopher Henri Bergson during World War I while recovering from shrapnel wounds, and the experience was profound. Read More ›