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Image: Tower of Babel, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jay Richards on Babel, Berlinski, and “Science After Darwin”

Something really came undone in the Covid era. Now, the phrase “science says” or “doctors say” prompts a smirk from about half the population.  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Brian Leander and Greg Gavelis, via EurekAlert!

Convergence? One-Celled Creature Has an Eye!

“Convergent evolution” is not a process. It is a post-hoc observation based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›
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Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›
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Evolution’s Circular Web of Self-Referencing Literature

The formula goes like this: 1. Evolution is true. 2. Here’s how it must have happened. 3. Look, yet more proof of evolution. Read More ›
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Photo: A hawk's eye, by abrinsky via Flickr (cropped).

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: Probability Theory Is Irrelevant

If you deny that probabilities apply to a physical process, you’ve abjured science — you no longer have a scientific theory. Read More ›
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Evolutionists: The Eye Is “Close to Perfect”

Two evolutionists make a stunning admission: the human eye is not poorly engineered, after all.  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Nathan Rupert, via Flickr (cropped).

More Implausible Stories about Eye Evolution

Such accounts invoke the abrupt appearance of key features of advanced eyes including the lens, cornea, and iris. Read More ›
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The Eye: A Classic Example of Natural Design

Even Charles Darwin, after publishing his theory of evolution, privately admitted “The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder.” Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: The Design of the Human Nervous System

Our skin and our insides are laced with an invisible, highly sophisticated, selective, neurological netting. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Advances in Biology Discredit Argument that Cooption Can Explain Irreducible Complexity

One of most popular attempts at explaining the flagellum via cooption was developed by Nicholas Matzke. Read More ›

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