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Alfred Russel Wallace
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For Labor Day: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

This year, 2023, marks the bicentennial of the birth of Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Read More ›
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What “Resurrecting” the Woolly Mammoth Would Mean for Darwinism

Intelligent design would become the most likely hypothesis to abductively explain the data of life's history. Read More ›
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Image credit: Granville Sewell.

How the Supernatural Entered Science

I recently came across a nice little video which seems to prove that π = 0. Each step seems reasonable. Read More ›
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Photo: Aurora borealis, by NASA/ Bill Dunford.

The Return of Natural Theology

Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›
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The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Read More ›
Leonhard Euler
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Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness

Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Read More ›
ichneumon wasp
Photo: An ichneumon wasp, aka Darwin wasp, by Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Debate on the “Randomness” of Mutation 

The historical wellspring of randomness in evolutionary theory is Darwin’s own insistence on “chance” at the causal foundations of life. Read More ›
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What Is Primary: Mind or Matter? 

The standard narrative tells a story of the increasing merit of materialistic causes. All of this allegedly occurs in a series of inevitable stages. Read More ›
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Photo: A marrellomorph from the Fezouata Formation, by Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionists Spin the Cambrian Explosion — But Alas, All in Vain

Fossils are great; the more the better. Experience from spectacular discoveries assures us that no surprises will change Charles Darwin's own cause for doubt. Read More ›

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