Tag: biology textbooks

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Allan CP, atheists, biology textbooks, Charles Darwin, evolution, evolutionists, faith and science, Jerry Coyne, reasoning, religious tradition, Richard Dawkins, science, Stephen Dilley, textbooks, The Science Dilemma, theology}

Dilley: How Evolutionary Atheists Employ Homemade Theology

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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That is no way to reason about science. Yet many biology textbooks, in explaining evolution, do the same thing, perpetuating an error that goes back to Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, biology textbooks, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, friendship, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, peppered moths, podcast, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, wisdom}

A Celebrated Life: Colleagues Remember Dr. Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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First to speak is Dr. John West, Managing Director of the CSC. Dr. West explains how Wells managed to be both brilliant AND understandable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Bremerton, Casey Luskin, celebration of life, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Donald Rumsfeld, Ernst Haeckel, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Josie Wells, Peter Wells, Plato, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, scientists, textbooks}

Jonathan Wells and the “Unknown Unknowns”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Richard Sternberg regretted, citing Plato, that “words are very poor containers for what one wants to say” about a friend like Jonathan. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, remembrances, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aeon, amoeba, biological systems, biology textbooks, cell biology, Charudatta Navare, church, college, computers, cytoplasm, Denis Noble, developmental biologists, egg cell, embryo, eukaryotic cell, factory, feminism, genes, human technology, humanities, humans, ideology, information, intelligent design, machines, Marcello Barbieri, metaphors, mutual aid, nucleus, organelles, post-modernism}

Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

_{Casey Luskin
April 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›

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Date
April 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary change, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, podcast, Zombie Science (book)}

Jonathan Wells Battles Darwin’s Zombie Finches

_{Science and Culture
April 3, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin’s finches, an icon of evolution that just won’t stay buried. Read More ›

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Date
January 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology textbooks, early Earth, Eric Anderson, experiments, Harold Urey, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, Miller-Urey experiment, podcast, Stanley Miller, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago}

A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones

_{Science and Culture
January 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, American Scientific Affiliation, bias, biology textbooks, Christianity, DNA, feedback control, information, information processing, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Miller-Urey experiment, NASA, natural processes, Randy Isaac, RNA, science curricula, scientists, self-replication, systems engineering, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates the Power of Philosophical Bias

_{Brian Miller
December 13, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Future scientists are taught to interpret the world through a rigid conceptual grid. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", amino acids, biology textbooks, carbon, constraints, development, Drosophila, elements, embryology, Erika DeBenedictis, glycolysis, human engineers, human genome, intelligent design, metabolism, Michael Denton, optimality, Princeton University, TEDx talk, William Bialek}

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

_{Emily Reeves
May 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Adaptive Radiation, beak size, biology textbooks, evolution, Federal Government, fitness, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Geospizinae, hybridization, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sisyphean evolution, Sisyphus, weather, Winston Churchill, Zombie Science (book)}

Galápagos Finches and a Surprising Deletion

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 18, 2020

Evolution

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How could the authors suddenly do this? Some of the following points may be considered. Read More ›