Tag: Eugenie Scott | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Baylor University, Bryan Leonard, Cassini mission, David Coppedge, Eugenie Scott, Francis Beckwith, free speech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Ohio State University, public education, Richard Sternberg, Roger DeHart, Saturn, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington Post, Washington State}

Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, apes, chromosomes, common ancestry, creationists, Darwin lobby, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Francis Collins, humans, IDEA Center, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Mongolia, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Peter Hess, The Language of God}

Chromosomal Fusion and Correcting Mistakes: A Retrospective on an Old Debate

_{Casey Luskin
January 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The main evidence that Dr. Scott cites to argue that chromosomal fusions aren’t necessarily deleterious comes not from humans but from horses. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Developmental Cell, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, HBBP1, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Leakey Foundation, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

_{Casey Luskin
January 20, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, Chromosomal Fusion, common ancestry, creationism, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic drift, hominids, Homo, human origins, intelligent design, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Niles Eldredge, pseudogenes, punctuated equilibrium, Richard Leakey, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Jay Gould}

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards

_{Casey Luskin
January 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, American Museum of Natural History, Cambridge University Press, cats, creationist, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, explanatory filter, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Leslie Orgel, Michael Behe, misinformation, persecution, Richard Sternberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, specified complexity, The Origins of Life, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski, Young Earth Creationism}

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
January 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
August 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, descent with modification, equivocation, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Evolution News, human beings, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), public opinion, survey, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, unguided processes, United States}

Equivocation as a Tactic in the Evolution Debate

_{Jonathan Wells
August 27, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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How many Americans accept Darwin's belief that human beings are the result of an unguided, purposeless process? This survey doesn't come close to telling us. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 25, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, common descent, creationists, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary biology, Glenn Branch, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), unguided evolution, University of Michigan}

Survey Artificially Inflates the Percentage of Americans who “Accept Evolution”

_{Casey Luskin
August 25, 2021

Evolution

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Whether their question was chosen intentionally to inflate the degree of support for “evolution,” I cannot say. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 16, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, Darwinian evolution, Douglas Axe, Eugenie Scott, evolutionary biology, geologists, historical sciences, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Uncensored, Jonathan Witt, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Planck time, probability bound, specified complexity, specified information, Stephen Jay Gould, William A. Dembski}

Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”

_{Casey Luskin
July 16, 2021

Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design

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We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2021

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Alliance Defending Freedom, canary in the coal mine, Connecticut, creationists, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, Jonathan Wells, media, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Public Radio, Seattle, transgenderism, USA Today, word games}

Unprecedented? The News Media Put Words in Someone’s Mouth!

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2021

Science Reporting

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The editors' action was unethical. Given the stakes in the controversy over allowing biological males to take over women’s sports, it was also immoral. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Annual Review of Anthropology, anti-evolution, anti-science, Arkansas, common ancestor, creationism, dialogue, Eugenie Scott, evolution, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, organisms, Paul Nelson, rhetoric, The American Biology Teacher}

What’s Wrong with Calling Intelligent Design “Anti-Evolution”?

_{Casey Luskin
March 26, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The term “anti-evolution” has been used for decades, over and over, by untold numbers of defenders of Darwin and critics of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›