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August 20, 2019

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Biology
Evolution
Science Education
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, __edited, Denis Alexander, Douglas Futuyma, education, evolution, Francis Collins, George Williams, God-talk, human nature, J.B.S. Haldane, Jerry Coyne, John Avise, Kenneth Miller, methodological naturalism, Neil Shubin, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Jay Gould, teleology, textbooks, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Biology Textbooks and the “God-Talk” Problem

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August 20, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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A muddle emerges from textbooks’ unprincipled use of theology. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
August 13, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
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, __edited, blasphemy, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian ideology, dogmatism, evolution, heresy, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Luther College, materialism, mental illness, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, mind, On the Origin of Species, orthodoxy, Phillip E. Johnson, religion, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms}

How Does a Religious Studies Professor Become a Darwinian Skeptic?

_{Robert Shedinger
August 13, 2019

Faith & Science

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The perpetuation of Darwinian ideology comes at the cost of truly grappling with the profound nature of the question of biological origins. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
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, __edited, academia, computer science, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinists, David Gelernter, Denyse O'Leary, evolution, Florence, free speech, Hoover Institution, Italy, Peter Robinson, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Deniable Darwin, Uncommon Knowledge, Yale University}

In Two Weeks, “Mathematical Challenges” to Darwin Gets Half a Million Views

_{David Klinghoffer
August 9, 2019

Evolution, Mathematics

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Professor Gelernter, who survived a terror attack by the Unabomber that cost him a hand and an eye, warns that Darwinists will “destroy you” for criticizing their theory. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 4, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __edited, Abby Hafer, academic freedom, evolution, intelligent design, Louisiana, Massachusetts, science denial, science education, students, teachers, Tennessee}

In Massachusetts, Spreading Myths About Academic Freedom Legislation

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 4, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In those few paragraphs, there’s a great deal of misinformation about academic freedom laws, how they harm science teaching and imperil students and educators. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __edited, biological novelty, bioRxiv, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, devolution, East Africa, Ernst Mayr, evolution, evolutionary biology, finches, grizzly bears, Hank Green, Lake Victoria, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Michael Behe, Nature Scientific Reports, polar bears, preprints, species, taxpayers, The Conversation, The Edge of Evolution}

Time to Put a Lid on Cichlid Evolution Propaganda

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July 31, 2019

Evolution

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If cichlid evolution is a central paradigm in evolutionary biology, then Darwinism’s sphere of explanatory inference is too small to matter. Read More ›

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Date
July 30, 2019

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Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
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, __edited, academic freedom, Charles Darwin, civility, conference, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, free speech, Gestapo, Herman Bouma, ID the Future, National Science Teaching Association, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, Sarah Chaffee, security guards, St. Louis}

Herman Bouma: “It Was Like the Darwinian Gestapo”

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July 30, 2019

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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Backed up by no fewer than four security guards, three conference officials hustled him out, accusing him of promoting fake science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 29, 2019

Categories
Biology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __edited, animal life, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, Forbes, foresight, global warming, human origins, intelligent design, intelligent life, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer, sun}

Life’s Hard Stop: Fortune? Or Foresight?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 29, 2019

Biology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Here’s another “incredibly fortunate” thing about the Cambrian explosion and about evolution generally. Read More ›

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Date
July 29, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
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, __edited, Alexander Oparin, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, coacervates, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Axe, evolution, Illustra Media, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, James Tour, Joseph Hooker, Last Universal Common Ancestor, materialists, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, PNAS, polyester, protoplasm, Science Magazine, Science Uprising, toxins, Undeniable (book), University of Minnesota}

Not Oparin’s Coacervates Again!

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July 29, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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After Oparin’s coacervate theory was presented in the 1920s, it was dismissed as unworkable. Now, coacervates are back in style. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 25, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, brain, chimpanzees, consciousness, David Chalmers, emergence, evolution, hologram, Johann Sebastian Bach, Kurt Gödel, machine, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, predictions, rules, TED talk, The Atlantic}

Back-to-Back, Failed Visions of the “Brain as a Supercomputer”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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Douglas Hofstadter argued in much the same vein as Henry Markham, that the brain can be understand in rules-bound machine terms. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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, __edited, academia, artificial intelligence, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, economics, evolution, George Gilder, information, intelligent design, materialism, matter, media, mind, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks II, science, Seattle, Steve Forbes, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

An Invitation: Science, Culture, and the COSM Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2019

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Discovery is getting ready to enter into a conversation with leaders in the information and technology industry, centered in Seattle. Read More ›