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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
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David Klinghoffer
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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David Hume

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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
June 22, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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From Darwinists, a Shift in Tone on Nanomachines

William A. Dembski
June 22, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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The shift in tone from then to now is remarkable. What happened to the awe these systems used to inspire? Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
June 17, 2022
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Evolution
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The Book That Launched a Thousand Barbs

William A. Dembski
June 17, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Briefly, the design inference (the method rather than the book) identifies two features as essential for eliminating chance: improbability and specification. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
Date
June 16, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
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On Darwinism and the Abdication of Reason

Neil Thomas
June 16, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning
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It is a pity that Darwin’s homeland no longer boasts a satirist of the caliber of Thomas Love Peacock to exploit this rich seam of comic absurdity. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943)
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
June 13, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

Neil Thomas
June 13, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›
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Date
May 15, 2022
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Physics
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Philosopher Looks for a Way to Redefine Free Will

Science and Culture
May 15, 2022
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics
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Julian Baggini’s proposed new approach assumes the existence of the very qualities that only a traditional view of the mind offers. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
Date
April 7, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

Neil Thomas
April 7, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
Date
March 2, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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Darwin and the Victorian Culture Wars

Neil Thomas
March 2, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy
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As Alec Ryrie pointed out in his history of Doubt, “intellectuals and philosophers may think they make the weather, but they are more often driven by it.” Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 28, 2022
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Bioethics
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Philosophy
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For Darwin, Timing Was Everything

Neil Thomas
January 28, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy
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Charles Darwin, as we saw yesterday, pulled off an intellectual coup against the major thinkers of the Western tradition. How did he do it? Read More ›
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
January 27, 2022
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Chemistry
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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The Ghost of Epicurus and the Doctrine of Natural Selection

Neil Thomas
January 27, 2022
Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy
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The classical pantheon, lacking moral credibility, had become a source of embarrassment to thoughtful Greeks. Read More ›
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
January 26, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Enlightenment (Re)turn to Atomism

Neil Thomas
January 26, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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What distinguished thinkers had long called out for its manifest absurdity was now, Phoenix-like, rising from the ashes. Read More ›

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