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Ann Gauger

Behe
Photo: Michael Behe in Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, via Discovery Institute.

Michael Behe and His Critics

If the past is any guide, where the critics are substantive rather than snarky or patronizing, we’re in for a good debate. Read More ›
climbing Everest
Photo: Climbers on Mount Everest, by Lloyd Smith, via Wikimedia Commons. 

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and an Ascent of Mount Everest

Did four-year-old Angela climb Everest by herself? No way. Read More ›
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Word Games with Evolutionists

Coming from the National Center for Science Education or the New York Times, this is typical. Read More ›
That's a big book
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Photo credit: Paul Nelson.

Response to Swamidass: Sniffing at 700+ Citations of Mainstream Scientific Literature

He focuses on one subtopic of one chapter, dismissing the rest of the scientific content of the book as failing to engage with mainstream science. Read More ›
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Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›
Beautiful Monster

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›
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Was Universe Designed for Hairy-Nosed Wombats?

David Barash is an evolutionary biologist known for delivering a yearly talk to his students disabusing them of the idea that science can be reconciled with religious faith. Read More ›
Badwater Ultramarathon

Origin of Long-Distance Running — More Evolution by Breaking Things

A central problem for theories of unguided evolution has always been the challenge of building complex biological novelties. Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass

Swamidass: Cancer “Can Innovate” 

Cancer proves evolution only insofar as one forgets, or pretends not to know, what evolution is supposed to explain. Read More ›
J.P. Moreland
Photos: J.P. Moreland, John West lecturing at the 2018 Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Expand Students’ Intellectual Horizons

A primary reason why many biologists never question the standard evolutionary model is their very limited training in mathematics. Read More ›

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