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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Ernst Haeckel, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Plato, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, scientists, textbooks}

Jonathan Wells and the “Unknown Unknowns”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Richard Sternberg regretted, citing Plato, that “words are very poor containers for what one wants to say” about a friend like Jonathan. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, cells, Center for Science and Culture, communication, critics, Discovery Institute, epigenetics, evolution, Galileo Galilei, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, life, Mount Everest, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, Tom Woodward}

Intelligent Design’s “Galileo Figure”

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Tom Woodward calls Jonathan Wells a “Galileo figure” in intelligent design’s connection with epigenetics. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Doubts About Darwin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, history, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, misinformation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), podcast, textbooks, Tom Woodward}

Woodward: The Impact of Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Tom Woodward has been ubiquitous in the unfolding culture war over intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, artificial life, biologic institute, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, genes, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, logic, machines, podcast, Research, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution}

Richard Sternberg on the Information Beyond the Genome

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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There’s “something phenomenal” going on inside the cell, says Dr. Sternberg. Probing and elucidating this mystery has been a focus of his research. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, courage, developmental biologists, Discovery Institute, evolution, eyes, friendship, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, loyalty, Paul Nelson, podcast, poster presentation, science education, University of Chicago, William A. Dembski}

Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Behe, biologists, California, Center for Science and Culture, China, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, evolution, ID the Future, Indiana University, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Monterey Bay, Pajaro Dunes, paleontologists, Paul Nelson, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski}

Paul Nelson: My Adventures with Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In this first half of the conversation, Dr. Nelson takes listeners back to a famous meeting in the history of the modern intelligent design movement. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Date
February 1, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, Eric Hedin, events, habitat, honeybees, intelligent design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer}

February 8! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

_{Science & Culture
February 1, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, George Church, information, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Michael Ruse, money, Moon, Perry Marshall, phlogiston, phrenology, Richard Dawkins, rockets, Silicon Valley, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski}

Origin of Life Challenge: $10 Million, Just Lying Around

_{Daniel Witt
January 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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This is an obvious way to judge such theories. If someone claims to know how to make something, the natural response is, “Let’s see it, then.” Read More ›