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For Darwinism, Pregnancy Is the “Mother of all Chicken-and-Egg Problems”

Evolutionary biologists tend to silently glide over such issues, which clearly point to intelligent design. Read More ›
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Detected: Intelligent Designs in the Amazon Jungle

With LIDAR technology, the angle of incidence of a signal can reveal designs hiding in plain sight. Read More ›
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Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›
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Navigational Genius — Not Just for the Birds

While these theories may appear reasonable, given the complexity of the behavior it is unclear how a Darwinian process can be a plausible explanation. Read More ›
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Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›
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Beauty, Coherence, Semiotics, and the Coronavirus — Webinar Series Continues Thursday

Purely physical explanations have difficulty in explaining the language-like features of communication between the coronavirus and a cell. Read More ›
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Why Animals Don’t Speak

If what separates us from other animals were material in nature, material alone, then perhaps we could look to a material process for an explanation. Read More ›
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Talking Animals and Human Exceptionalism

Whether in Warner Bros. cartoons, old jokes, or on Twitter, a good deal of humor has been derived from supposing that animals could talk. Read More ›
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Great Idea: Let Students Debate Evolution!

If standard Darwinian theory is really as ironclad as we are commanded to assume, then the exercise should reinforce belief in evolution. Read More ›

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