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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
David Coppedge
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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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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

eugenics

March for Science
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 1, 2022
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Bioethics
Culture
Ethics
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How Political Ideology Has Undermined Scientific Credibility

Wesley J. Smith
September 1, 2022
Bioethics, Culture, Ethics
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Science goes badly off the track when it succumbs to ideological pressures — as it did with the eugenics movement. Read More ›
Marx and Engels
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Richard Weikart
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June 3, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Linking Darwin Skepticism with Anti-Communism, Historian Offers a Misguided Attack

Richard Weikart
June 3, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Weinberg's evidence that Discovery Institute uses intelligent design to bash communism is completely lacking. Read More ›
Francis Galton
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David Klinghoffer
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May 19, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
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Darwin, Galton, and “Replacement Theory”

David Klinghoffer
May 19, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting
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Darwinism and eugenics, going back to the 19th century, were haunted by ideas of “replacement.” Read More ›
Darwinian Racism graphic 1000x1000
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Richard Weikart
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May 10, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Anti-Racists Often Ignore This Non-Religious Source of Racism

Richard Weikart
May 10, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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Many white nationalists claim that Darwinism directly supports their ideology, because they think that races have evolved to different levels. Read More ›
Yuval Noah Harari
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Wesley J. Smith
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April 27, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Transhumanism Is Pure Eugenics

Wesley J. Smith
April 27, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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Israeli philosophy professor Yuval Harari is one of the movement’s chief proselytizers. Read More ›
Carrie and Emma Buck
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March 28, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Before the Third Reich: America’s Darwinist Eugenics Crusade

Science & Culture
March 28, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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One of the most famous instances was Carrie Buck, sterilized as “feeble minded” despite going on to live a normal productive life. Read More ›
Charlottesville demonstration 2017
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Gary Varner
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March 10, 2022
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Ethics
Evolution
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Ties that Bind: The Alt-Right’s Connections to Social Darwinist Madison Grant and Eugenics

Gary Varner
March 10, 2022
Ethics, Evolution
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It’s important to understand what the Alt-Right believes. They are not just an extreme offshoot of either the Right or the Left. Read More ›
Hitler's religion
Hitler's religion
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Richard Weikart
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February 23, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda

Richard Weikart
February 23, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial inequality. Read More ›
Columbine Memorial
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Richard Weikart
Date
February 2, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

Richard Weikart
February 2, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.” Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 1, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Whoopi Goldberg: Ignorant about Darwinian Racism

David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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Hitler was clear that he deplored the mistake of basing anti-Semitism on “religious ideas instead of racial knowledge.” Read More ›

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