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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Book, botanists, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, domestication, evolution, health, history, Joseph Dalton Hooker, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, variation}

Darwin’s Bluff — Continued

_{Robert Shedinger
February 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Recently, I turned up some later letters showing that Darwin’s bluff extended well beyond 1863. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biologists, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, function, genome, graduate students, How Life Works, ignorance, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Nature (journal), null hypothesis, Philip Ball, postdocs, researchers, science journals, science writers, University of Toronto}

With One Short Rule, Philip Ball Explains Why “Junk DNA” May Be a Placeholder for Ignorance

_{Paul Nelson
February 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Here is Ball’s proposed rule for molecular biologists: “stop assuming,” he writes, “we know which parts of DNA matter and which don’t.” Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, birds, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, Darwin’s God, evolution, fish, Galápagos Islands, intelligent design, natural history, natural selection, oceanic islands, On the Origin of Species, progressive creationism, seed dispersal, species, theology, universal common descent}

Darwin’s “God Wouldn’t Do It This Way” Argument

_{Robert Shedinger
February 20, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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A book widely hailed as proposing a true mechanism for evolution actually reads more like an anti-creationist polemic. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, apoptosis, Charles Darwin, circulation, Current Biology, digestion, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, feedback control, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, jointed appendages, natural selection, neurons, Nobel Prize, odors, PLOS Biology, saccades, Stephen Crane, timing}

Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin

_{David Coppedge
February 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, podcast, Robert Shedinger}

Darwin’s Bluff: Peeling Back the Myth

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Tucked away in Darwin’s surviving papers is a manuscript of almost 300,000 words that he continually promised to others but never completed or published. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Brights, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, Christopher Hitchens, corpses, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Ernst Mayr, John West, New Atheism, Pharyngula, private truth, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Scott Alexander, social justice, Stephen Jay Gould, toxic masculinity, YouTube videos}

Atheism’s Four Horsemen — Where Are They Now?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 13, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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"For example, I look at Pharyngula, which during its heyday was the biggest atheist blog on the Internet." Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 13, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, Asa Gray, biographers, Bridgewater Treatises, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, developmental biology, epigenetics, evolution, genomics, hagiography, mythology, natural selection, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, orchids, paleontology, punctuation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, variation, Victorian period}

Does the World Need Another Book About Darwin?

_{Robert Shedinger
February 13, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We need to let Darwin speak for himself. It turns out that Darwin, given the opportunity, is quite capable of dismantling his own mythology. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, ID the Future, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, podcast, recognition, rhetoric, Robert Shedinger, scientific community, status}

Deconstructing Darwin: The Myth and the Man

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Harboring a secret fear that he’d become what his father said he would — a disgrace to his family — Darwin desperately sought status and recognition. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, demythologization, dogmatism, evolution, history, intelligent design, Jeffrey Kripal, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick}

For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

_{Jonathan Witt
February 12, 2024

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin, circulation, detoxification, digestion, excretion, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, metabolism, organ systems, organisms, purpose, reproductive system, respiration, science of purpose}

A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›