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Medved Gelernter
Michael Medved

Great Minds: Medved, Gelernter Ask, “What Is a Conservative?”

The hypothesis of design in nature is a great idea, none greater, that has fueled the best in culture for millennia. Read More ›
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J.P. Moreland
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J.P. Moreland: How Vapid Scientism Exacts Its Toll

“Science cannot function without the history and philosophy of science,” yet “scientists are not educated today to know that.” Read More ›
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Scientism Is Wrong; Is It Evil, Too?

Granted, scientism can aid and abet evil. Its tendency to do so is predictable. In its blindness it harms and humiliates. Read More ›
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Aquinas, Chaberek, Richards: A Cleansing Conversation

Our culture is both degraded and degrading. No doubt the caustic effects of some trends in scientific thought — about biological origins, for example — have played a part in that. What can we do about it? Read More ›
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Murderer Seeks Clemency with Inventive “Right to Die” Argument

In 1993, while most of his family was away at church, Robert Latimer took his 12-year-old daughter Tracy, disabled by cerebral palsy, out to the barn. Read More ›
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Photo: Earth from Apollo 10, May 18, 1969, via NASA.

Listen: Morality in a Meaningless World

Discovery Institute fellow Paul Nelson interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick. Read More ›
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Photo: A schoolyard bully. Did evolution make him do it? By Thomas Ricker, via Flickr.

Why Social Science Does Not Need Evolutionary Theory

The example that Professor Cristine Legare proffers is schoolyard bullying. Read More ›

Listen: Reviewing Infinity War — And What’s That Got to Do with Intelligent Design?

Evolutionary ecologist Eric Pianka has mused about a dramatic culling of the human race, by 90 percent, courtesy of the “efficient” Ebola virus. Read More ›
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Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science”

A central progressive theme was historicism, crediting history almost exclusively with the development of culture. Read More ›
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Photo: George Gilder speaking at Discovery Institute 25th anniversary reception, Ritz-Carlton, McLean, VA.

Study the Vision of George Gilder in a Seminar Setting, July 26-29 in Seattle

Countering “flat universe theory” is Gilder’s enterprise, and it captures much of what we do at Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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