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Jordan Peterson
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Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›
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Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and Fine-Tuning for Scientific Discovery

The reason this evidence of “fine-tuning for discovery” is so satisfying to me is not just because it defeats the anthropic principle. Read More ›
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#10 Story of 2020: Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb

It is comforting to know that Himmelfarb never lost her intellectual acuity or her moral passion on the subject. Read More ›
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Message in Matter: Intelligent Design in the Atoms

What atheists and materialists can’t explain is why this fitness is so special, so unforgivingly precise and intricate, at every stage on the journey to us. Read More ›
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Trinity College Dublin
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Free Speech for Richard Dawkins? Absolutely!

In 1987, a harmless graduate student who wanted to take on the dreadful giant neo-Darwinism might be an entertaining spectacle. Read More ›
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Rapper MC Hammer Embraces Intelligent Design

Intelligent design advocates seek to persuade the public and scientists equally, and in both those respects ID had an excellent weekend. Read More ›
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Notre Dame gargoyle
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The Gargoyle’s Challenge — Remembering Schützenberger on Darwinism

David Berlinski lives in the shadow of the Notre-Dame in Paris and poignantly remembers the cathedral before it burned. Read More ›
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Whale of a Webinar Debuts a Delightful “Long Story Short” Video

Whales are held up as a model of what unguided evolution can do in a short time: in this case, just 8 million years, or perhaps even half that. Read More ›

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