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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, African Americans, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allison Hopper, Amsterdam, Bible, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, death penalty, eugenics, evolution, fake news, Final Solution, Fox News, Francis Galton, genocide, human dignity, Human Zoos, intelligent design, John West, New York Post, Politics, Racism, Scientific American, The Descent of Man, white supremacy}

On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2021

Evolution

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Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Carl Woese, Charles Darwin, eukaryotic cells, Freeman Dyson, Jerry Coyne, Linnean Society, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, prokaryotic cells, Reductionism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen}

When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

_{Michael Flannery
May 3, 2021

Evolution

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The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Auschwitz, Charles Darwin, Charles Sanders Peirce, Darwinism, eugenics, Francis Galton, Fred Hoyle, Hitler’s Ethic, intelligent evolution, Jeffrey O’Connell, Joseph Hooker, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, Nazis, Richard Owen, Social Darwinism, spiritualism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, William James}

Social Darwinism: The Wallace Factor

_{Michael Flannery
April 28, 2021

Evolution

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Ideas do indeed have consequences, but not all ideas play out the same way or weave their way in the history of ideas toward the same destination. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwinian evolution, Herbert Spencer, James Moore, Jeffrey O’Connell, Michael Ruse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Weikart, Robert Richards, Social Darwinism}

Some Additional Comments on Social Darwinism

_{Michael Flannery
April 27, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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O’Connell and Ruse’s failure to engage deeply and fully with the historiography of this question makes it hard to take their effort seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, atomists, bees, Charles Darwin, dinosaurs, evolution, French Revolution, Georges Cuvier, giraffe’s neck, J.B.S. Haldane, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, paleontologists, Plato, punctuated equilibrium, scientific materialism, Scott Turner, tautology, teleology, vitalism}

Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 16, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anti-evolution, biologists, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, theistic evolution}

Another Problem with the “Anti-Evolution” Label

_{Michael Flannery
March 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The so-called “anti-evolution” charge against intelligent design is what sparked my initial interest in Alfred Russel Wallace some years ago. Read More ›

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Date
February 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, African Americans, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Darwinists, eugenics, Europeans, Francis Galton, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Martin Luther King Jr., materialism, scientific racism, sterilization, theology, Victorian England}

Charles Darwin in Light of Black History Month

_{Science & Culture
February 13, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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Was Darwin’s racism purely a function of his time and place, Victorian England? Historian Michael Flannery says no. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin Day, evolutionary racism, Frederick Douglass, freedom, humans, Ku Klux Klan, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Frederick Douglass, Champion Abolitionist and Former Slave, on Evolutionary Racism

_{Michael Flannery
February 11, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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One wonders what kind of address Douglass would give on Darwin Day — falling tomorrow, February 12 — amidst Black History Month. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, college, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, natural selection, students}

Share Alfred Russel Wallace on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If just one new fact could be conveyed to every college student learning about the development of evolutionary theory, I’d say that should be the one. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, Michael Flannery, The World of Life}

If Alfred Russel Wallace Were Alive Today

_{David Klinghoffer
January 5, 2021

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Says our colleague Professor Flannery, “I have little doubt that if Wallace were alive today he would be an ID theorist of the first order.” Read More ›