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Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›
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Nancy Pearcey: How Darwinism Fueled a “Toxic War on Masculinity”

Tune in for the stimulating discussion and to hear what Pearcey offers as an antidote to the war on virtuous masculinity. Read More ›
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David Berlinski on the Immaterial, Alan Turing, and the Mystery of Life Itself

If scientists thought that life's origin and nature would soon yield to scientific reductionism, they have been disappointed. Read More ›
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Listen: David Berlinski on Chickens, Eggs, Human Exceptionalism, and a Revolution

Dr. Berlinski explores a chicken-and-egg problem facing origin-of-life research, and a blindness afflicting some evolutionists focused on human origins. Read More ›
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Listen: Carbon Valley Trumps Silicon Valley

“Nobody doubts that natural selection and random mutation is a biological process. What we doubt is that they can generate fundamentally new forms of life.” Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Listen: In a New Book, David Berlinski Gives the Devil His Due

Berlinski is at his best as he discusses everything from the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for modern science, to his friendship with Marcel Schützenberger. Read More ›
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Aeschliman on Three Great Authors Critiquing Scientism

These include the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who showed that scientific knowledge on its own could never be sufficient for being fully human. Read More ›
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Aeschliman on C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Restoration of Man

As Michael D. Aeschliman notes, Lewis powerfully illustrated the shortcomings and dangers of scientism in his final Space Trilogy novel. Read More ›
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Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism

The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection selects for current function, not potential future function. Read More ›

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