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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, animals, biological complexity, biology, chemistry, Evolution News, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, methodology, Michael Levin, nest-building, nurturing, Peter Corning, physics, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, Platonism, Richard Sternberg, synergy, teleonomy, Tufts University, University of Zurich, vital force, vitalism}

Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism

_{Daniel Witt
June 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, biology, chemistry, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Douglas Axe, faith and science, history of science, intelligent design, life, origins, scientific theories, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, theistic evolution, UC Berkeley, universe}

Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Axe shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, convergence, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William A. Dembski}

Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

_{Casey Luskin and Stephen Dilley
March 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, application, Bijan Nemati, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, Daniel Reeves, dissenters, events, evolution, evolutionary biology, graduate students, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Iron Curtain, learning, professors, science, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, teachers, undergraduates}

Summer Seminars: Beyond the Evolutionary Firewall

_{David Klinghoffer
March 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The Center for Science and Culture is populating a community of dissenters in academia with the annual all-expenses-paid Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
February 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, causes, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, design detection, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, fitness landscapes, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mutations, preconditions, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), tinkering}

To Dance at Two Weddings: Rope Kojonen’s Evolutionary Quest

_{Stephen Dilley
February 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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According to a proverb, you can’t dance at two weddings at the same time. Dr. Kojonen believes that you can. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, death, diversity, Douglas Axe, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, phenotypic plasticity, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theistic evolution, thermodynamics}

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 2, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, biological complexity, biological information, biosignatures, functional information, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, NASA, natural selection, simulations, Steven Benner, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

Cronin-Tour at Harvard: How Researchers Smuggle Design into Their Theories

_{Brian Miller
December 12, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Cronin presented his Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding life’s origin. I believe he is correct but not in the way he intends. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, authority, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Commentary, Darwinians, Darwinism, David Berlinski, doctors, evolution, eye, finch beaks, Galápagos Islands, heart, intelligence, intelligent design, Jay W. Richards, M.-P. Schützenberger, materialism, medicine, natural selection, peppered moth, random variations, René Thom, Science After Babel, The Deniable Darwin, Tower of Babel}

Jay Richards on Babel, Berlinski, and “Science After Darwin”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Something really came undone in the Covid era. Now, the phrase “science says” or “doctors say” prompts a smirk from about half the population. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Epistemology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, design detection, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, laws of nature, natural selection, random mutation, Religions (journal), Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, theologians, University of Helsinki}

Peer-Reviewed Paper by Discovery Institute Staff Evaluates Synthesis of “Design and Evolution”

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2023

Biology, Epistemology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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We regard Kojonen’s model as nuanced, erudite, and fair-minded. It is a model of fine scholarship and deserves serious attention. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, biological complexity, biologists, City Journal, Cornelius Hunter, COVID-19, Darwinian processes, evolution, evolutionary biology, fraud, human nature, intelligent design, journalism, New York Times, Nicholas Wade, press release, propaganda, reporters, science writers, skepticism, viruses}

Why Are Science Reporters So Credulous?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Reporting

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Most journalists who write about evolution appear to have made their choice to be flacks and toadies for the godlike biologists. Read More ›