Tag: A. N. Wilson

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

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Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, abiogenesis, apologetics, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, Charles Bradlaugh, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Goldilocks Zone, Karl Popper, Lucretius, natural preservation, natural selection, New Atheists, randomness, Richard Dawkins, spontaneous generation, teleology, The Descent of Man, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Malthus, Werner Heisenberg}

Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences

_{Neil Thomas
February 12, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science

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The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Basil Willey, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, evolution, On the Origin of Species, secularism, secularists, Sherlock Holmes, spiritualism, William Shakespeare}

Darwin, Group Think, and Confirmation Bias

_{Neil Thomas
August 2, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

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How was Darwinian theory, despite its lack of empirical support or even semblance of verisimilitude, able to advance to its present position of orthodoxy? Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, Benjamin Wiker, chance, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Daniel Dennett, evolution, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hamlet, John Herschel, Karl Popper, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, St. George Mivart, The Blind Watchmaker, Victorian England, William Whewell}

The Art of Concealment: Darwin and Chance

_{Neil Thomas
July 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It is appropriate that Fortuna’s emblematic representation with her ubiquitous wheel should have gone on to become the prototype of the modern roulette wheel. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 25, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, A. N. Wilson, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, journalism, Marvin Olasky, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Stephen Meyer, Tom Bethell}

Finally! Discovery Institute Press Books in Audio Versions

_{David Klinghoffer
June 25, 2019

Biology, Evolution

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Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis helped turn Ben Shapiro, one of the smartest commentators out there, to Darwin skepticism. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, "God of the gaps", A. N. Wilson, BioLogos, book review, Brian Josephson, C. S. Lewis, Cambrian News, Charles Townes, Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Venema, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, Greg Cootsona, Irreducible Complexity, Jim Stump, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Morse code, No Free Lunch, Response to Criticism, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe, William A. Dembski}

InterVarsity Press Stumbles with Sloppy Anti-ID Book by BioLogos Advisor Greg Cootsona

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Can we be frank? Cootsona’s treatment of ID is pathetic. As “scholarship,” it’s embarrassing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, A. N. Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, atheism, barnacles, Censor of the Year, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Christmas, creation myth, Darwin Day, Darwinism, evolution, fish, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, religion, Richard Dawkins, Washington Times}

A.N. Wilson and the Religious Nature of Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Wilson's biography sounds like appropriate reading for the holy day of Darwin, which is hardly more than a week away. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, A. N. Wilson, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, fossil record, HMS Beagle, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jerry Coyne, macroevolution, Michael Flannery, microevolution, Richard Dawkins, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

A.N. Wilson Is Right: “Darwin Was Wrong”

_{Jonathan Wells
February 2, 2018

Evolution

5}

I enjoyed Wilson's book, and I learned a lot from it. But this biography’s most interesting feature is its firm rejection of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
December 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, A. N. Wilson, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Benjamin Wiker, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Edinburgh, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Herbert Spencer, history, James Moore, Linnean Society, Loren Eiseley, Plinian Society}

A.N. Wilson’s Charles Darwin — A Sense of Déjà Vu

_{Michael Flannery
December 20, 2017

Evolution

5}

Factual errors aside, the problem is I’ve heard all this before. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, A. N. Wilson, Amazon, biography, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Darwinism, Edmond Kirsch, evolutionary theory, John Murray, Karl Marx, On the Origin of Species, reviews}

Check Out These Surprising Early Reviews of A.N. Wilson’s Darwin Biography!

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2017

Evolution

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We’re still more than a month out from the U.S. release of Wilson’s Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker. Read More ›