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I Want to Write a Book About Intelligent Design. What Should I Do?

The books that filled these shelves, arranged in no special order, came from anywhere and everywhere around the globe. Read More ›
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With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Read More ›
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Getting Out Truth Around Mainstream News

This was a major accomplishment, considering how intelligent design proponents or anyone who critiques evolution is treated in mainstream media. Read More ›
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Cry Us a River: AI Chatbots May Be Killing Wikipedia

It’s not clear how this will impact a commonly heard criticism of Wikipedia — bias, very much including the subject of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Larry Sanger on Wikipedia, AI, and Preserving Human Knowledge

Discovery Institute is no stranger to bias on Wikipedia, of course. Look no further than the Wikipedia entry for intelligent design. Read More ›
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Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Intelligent Design and His Conversion to Christianity

Sanger was content with his agnosticism until a student posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature. Read More ›
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Who’s Afraid of This New Science Journal?

Skeptics worry that the new journal "will be used to sow doubt about scientific consensus." Read More ›
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Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›
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Top Five Questions on the Origin of Language — Answered!

We aren’t even sure which is the world’s oldest spoken language, though Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese have impressively long histories. Read More ›
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Co-Founder Again Blasts Wikipedia’s “Scientistic Point of View,” “So Biased as to Be Twisted”

Yet a lot of people out there still think Wikipedia is meaningfully “vetted” and if you find an inaccuracy, you can “Update it then. That’s the entire point.” Read More ›

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