Tag: Eugenie Scott

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzee genome, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary genomics, gap divergence, genetics, Haeckel’s embryos, human genome, humans, Icons of Evolution, junk DNA, Nature (journal), non-sex chromosomes, nucleotide, objections, persistent scientific errors, Queen Mary University London, rejoinders, repetitive DNA, Richard Buggs}

Critics Struggle with Evidence Humans and Chimps Are 15 Percent Genetically Different

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Before we dive into what critics are saying, I want to note that good authorities have come to similar numerical conclusions as I did. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Bremerton, Casey Luskin, celebration of life, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Donald Rumsfeld, Ernst Haeckel, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Josie Wells, Peter 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 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
William A. Dembski

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, Design Inference, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary computing, fitness, intelligent design, mount improbable, Nature (journal), Peter Robinson, Richard Dawkins, shell game, simulation, Tesla, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Ray, Thomas Schneider, William Shakespeare}

The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

_{William A. Dembski
January 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Darwin's Finches, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, education, Eugenie Scott, grad students, hydrogen peroxide, Icons of Evolution, John West, Jonathan Wells, mutations, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Stephen J. Iacoboni, T.H. Huxley, Theodosius Dobzhansky, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Washington State, William A. Dembski, Yale University}

Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells

_{Casey Luskin
September 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Center for Science and Culture, Communism, Darwin's Finches, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Leavenworth, Lucy Wells, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, peppered moths, Phillip E. Johnson, remembrance, San Francisco, Science Uprising, science writers, scientists, textbooks, The Myth of Junk DNA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Vietnam War, Yale University, Zombie Science (book)}

Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, climate change, closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, denialism, education, epistemic virtues, Eugenie Scott, evidence, evolution, global warming, human evolution, intellectual humility, intelligent design, Julia Galef, motivated reasoning, nanotechnology, open-mindedness, polarization, popular opinion, Science Literacy, self-correcting, self-deception, Stem Cell Research, TEDx talk}

Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 4, 2023

Epistemology, Scientific Reasoning

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The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Voice in the Wilderness, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Africans, anti-racism, biologists, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Donald Trump, Eric Wallace, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Freedom’s Journal Institute, Human Zoos, intelligent design, James Moore, John West, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Joseph Stalin, Olufemi Oluniyi, racial hierarchy, Racism, racists, Robert Shedinger, Royal Society, sexism, The Descent of Man}

Yet Another Scholar Seeks to Airbrush Darwin’s Racist Legacy

_{David Klinghoffer
May 12, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Racists for decades, down to today, have looked to Charles Darwin as a champion of their ideas, and if they’re right about anything, it’s that. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, Books & Culture, Brian Miller, Cambridge University Press, Darwinists, Erik Larson, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Evolution News, First Things, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Kenneth Miller, Mark Steiner, Richard John Neuhaus, Rosenhouse’s Whoppers (series), The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: More Guidance on Reading Jason Rosenhouse

_{William A. Dembski
August 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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So much in Rosenhouse’s book is careless, giving no indication that he has carefully studied and adequately comprehended my work or that of my colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, atheism, Atlantic Ocean, BBC News, biogeography, birds, Casey Luskin, common descent, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hoatzin, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Egnor, Namibia, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), rafting, rafting animals, South America, Stephen Meyer, The New Yorker, Tree of Life}

“Bizarre Bird” Highlights the Problem of Biogeography

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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While hoatzins are bad at flying, evolutionists have been forced to credit these birds with some impressive rafting — unbelievably impressive. Read More ›