Alfred_Russel_Wallace_memorial,_Westminster_Abbey Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date April 3, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Anglo-Saxons, Big Book, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, conservatives, Darwin’s Bluff, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, Ernst Mayr, Francis Crick, George Gaylord Simpson, HMS Beagle, J.B.S. Haldane, liberalism, liberals, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, On the Origin of Species, orchids, pseudoscience, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Nagel Intelligent Design Is Not Just for Conservatives Robert Shedinger April 3, 2025 Evolution, Intelligent Design 15 After a decade of immersing myself in Darwin studies, evolutionary theory, and intelligent design, I find myself unexpectedly supportive of the iD position. Read More ›
Type post Author Neil Thomas Date August 26, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , Anglo-Saxons, Anthropic Principle, astrophysics, Bertrand Russell, cosmic fine-tuning, Friedrich Nietzsche, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, Nazis, New Atheists, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Richard Dawkins, The Privileged Planet, Voltaire, World War II Cosmos, Chaos, and a Privileged Address in the Universe Neil Thomas August 26, 2021 Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics 11 What are we to make of this radical discontinuity between the Earth and the rest of the cosmos? Read More ›
Darwin-statue-from-a-distance-1 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 11, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Civil War, Darwinism, Eva Jablonka, evolution, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckian theory, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rutgers University, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand Michael Flannery July 11, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 10 “Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›
Ota Benga Type post Author Michael Flannery Date February 10, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Anglo-Saxons, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, eugenics, Europeans, humankind, On the Origin of Species, Paul Broca, Peter Bowler, Racism, The Descent of Man, William Graham Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out Michael Flannery February 10, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 7 February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›
Darwin-statue-from-a-distance-1 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date November 23, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Civil War, Darwinism, Eva Jablonka, evolution, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckian theory, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rutgers University, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand Michael Flannery November 23, 2020 Bioethics, Evolution 9 “Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›