_{Discovering Design in Nature}

Authors

Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap — Michael J. Behe

Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022 — Guillermo Gonzalez

David Klinghoffer in 2021 — David Klinghoffer

Andrew McDiarmid

Emily Reeves

^Topic

dissertation

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post

Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, dissertation, Duke University, emendation, fake history, fake news, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, misattribution, New York University Press, scholarship, smoking gun}

C. W. Howell Scrubs Fabricated Behe Quote from Dissertation Without Coming Clean

_{Science & Culture
October 22, 2026

Ethics, Intelligent Design

3}

The ethical thing would have been to apologize and admit the seriousness of his mistake. His smoking gun, after all, wasn’t just a dud. It was imaginary. Read More ›

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post

Author
John G. West

Date
September 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Discovery Institute, dissertation, documentation, Duke University, fabrication, investigation, Michael Behe, New York University Press, notation, Office of Counsel, public access, publishers, reputational harm}

Duke University to Remove Access to C. W. Howell’s Dissertation with Fabrication

_{John G. West
September 8, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

On August 27, I wrote to Duke's Office of Counsel, informing them that Howell’s book has been withdrawn by its publisher because of the fabricated quote. Read More ›