Tag: Ball State University

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Civic Biology, ACLU, Alexander Heard, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, blacklisting, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, anatomy, Ball State University, bigotry, blasphemy, cancel culture, Censor of the Year Award, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Colin Wright, evolution, freedom from religion foundation, gender, heresy, intelligent design, J.K. Rowling, Jerry Coyne, Lawrence Krauss, locker rooms, Ohio, realism, restrooms, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, surgery, The Boundaries of Science, transgenderism, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology}

Standing O for Jerry Coyne?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Using his power and the prestige brand of his university to bully someone like Eric Hedin was nothing less than loathsome. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ball State University, Censor of the Year, Center for Science and Culture, chromosomes, Colin Wright, Eric Hedin, freedom from religion foundation, John West, religion, Richard Dawkins, sex binary, Steven Pinker, Stockholm Syndrome, University of Chicago, uterus, vagina, woke ideology, woman}

In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 7, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
November 27, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Ball State University, carbon, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, intelligent design, laptop computer, laws of nature, monkeys, natural processes, Neil Thomas, neutrons, technological advance, typewriters, William Shakespeare}

There’s a Limit to What Nature Can Do

_{Eric Hedin
November 27, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Nature actually has precious few options for manipulating the natural ingredients (atoms) of this universe. Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, activists, atheism, Ball State University, Canceled Science, career, cosmos, earth, Eric Hedin, higher intelligence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, laws of nature, life, physicists, professors}

Watch: Dr. Hedin’s Dangerous Question

_{Science and Culture
October 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Eric Hedin was enjoying a productive career as a professor at Ball State University when atheist activists tried to cancel him. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Ball State University, bronze, copper, crust, Darwinian processes, Eric Hedin, foresight, gold, human nature, ID the Future, iron, metals, microbes, planning, platinum, podcast, preparation, renewable energy, silver}

The Story of Metals Points to Nature’s Foresight, Planning, Preparation

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. But can a Darwinian process take the credit? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, advanced life, Ball State University, coincidence, crust, Darwinian process, earth, Eric Hedin, Goldilocks Zone, humans, ID the Future, living things, mantle, metals, mining, podcast, temperature}

Eric Hedin: The Miracle(s) of Metal

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 12, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ball State University, Brandeis University, Censor of the Year, Colin Wright, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Eric Hedin, evolutionary theory, Free Science, free speech, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, The Boundaries of Science, The College Fix, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski, wokeness}

When Materialism Turns on Its Own

_{Jonathan Witt
June 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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A cadre of atheist scientists, including Lawrence Krauss and Jerry Coyne, have long worked to silence and deplatform scientists who hold to the theory of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 13, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Ball State University, Biola University, Canceled Science, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, faculty, God’s Not Dead, history, information theory, molecular biology, Reasons to Believe, Rice Broocks, science, teaching, tenure, The Boundaries of Science}

Un-Canceled Science

_{Eric Hedin
March 13, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom

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In one event, the number of people who heard this evidence was more than twice the total number of students who participated in my Boundaries of Science course. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Ball State University, determinism, experience, free will, good, humans, ID the Future, infancy, intelligent design, laws of nature, morality, natural events, suffering, universe}

Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in an Intelligently Designed World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 6, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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As Hedin puts it, “The universe reveals who we are by allowing us to make free choices.” In other words, the ball is in our court. Read More ›