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Remembering Bernie Widrow, a Great Engineer and a Wise Scientist

Widrow called his learning machine a neural network because it was loosely based on the 1943 McCulloch-Pitts model of the biological neuron. Read More ›
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The God of the Darwinian Age

It is a god who still holds great sway. In fact, we might say it is the god of this world. Read More ›
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Nature in the Image of Man: Introducing the New Social Darwinism 

Always, the initial social/intellectual change has come first, and the scientific paradigm shift has followed after. Read More ›
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Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Read More ›
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Richard Weikart: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

Dr. Weikart's book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from ancient Greece to today.  Read More ›
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How the Christian Civil Rights Movement Defeated Social Darwinism and Eugenics

American apostles of Darwinism had begun the 20th century weaponizing common racist attitudes to popularize Darwin’s theory Read More ›
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Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism

Darwin’s racist and pro-eugenics thinking, combined with some implications of his theory that he expressed, laid the groundwork for Hitler’s diabolical outlook. Read More ›
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A Miraculous Existence

Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›
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Do Darwin Critics Reject Evolution Because They’re Anti-Communists? Carl Weinberg Says Yes

In a couple of cases, Weinberg goes beyond the pale, making accusations that are bizarre and even slanderous. Read More ›
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Before the Third Reich: America’s Darwinist Eugenics Crusade

One of the most famous instances was Carrie Buck, sterilized as “feeble minded” despite going on to live a normal productive life. Read More ›

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