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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Harvard University, Henri Bergson, idealism, John Elof Boodin, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, paleontology, pantheism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, Stephen Hawking, William James}

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-Semitism, behavior, Darwinian theory, E.O. Wilson, evolution, evolutionary ethics, Harvard University, homosexuality, humans, infanticide, just-so stories, Kevin MacDonald, race, Racism, rape, stereotypes, Steven Pinker, The Death of Humanity}

Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

_{Richard Weikart
July 12, 2018

Ethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, author, Bruce Chapman, controversy, Darwinists, debate, Discovery Institute, George Gilder, Harvard University, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Medved, Politicians, scientists, Seattle, Steve Buri}

Congratulations to Bruce Chapman, “Godfather” of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2018

Intelligent Design

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In his new book he discusses some of the overlooked virtues of politicians, and asks, in one chapter, “What Makes a Politician Good?” Read More ›

Ford Model T and VW type 11 Luxus at the Vienna Technical Museum.

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
May 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, automobiles, bats, Charles Darwin, Christianity for Doubters, convergence, Cornelius Hunter, dolphins, evolution, fossil record, George Gaylord Simpson, Harvard University, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, Mathematical Intelligencer, New York Times, species, steam engine, theology, University of California}

I Believe in the Evolution of Life and the Evolution of Automobiles

_{Granville Sewell
May 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology

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We talk about the “evolution” of automobiles, yet we know there was design at every stage of this evolution. Read More ›

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Date
May 15, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, C. elegans, Cassini mission, development, DNA, Douglas Axe, Elizabeth Pennisi, embryo, evolution, functional whole, gene, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, How to Build a Worm, intelligent design, ontogeny, Paul Nelson, RNA, science, University of Basel, zebrafish, zygote}

Out of One Cell, Many Tissues — But How?

_{Science & Culture
May 15, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Scientists are delving into the remarkable way a zygote grows through its embryonic stages to an adult. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Biology
Human Exceptionalism
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Frank, aliens, Avi Loeb, Carl Sagan, cosmos, earth, exoplanets, facts, Harvard University, humans, materialism, npr, optimism, science, University of Rochester}

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

_{David Klinghoffer
April 5, 2018

Biology, Human Exceptionalism, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, curiosity, dogmatism, education, exploration, Harvard University, museum, nature, Research, science, stem, teaching, UC Berkeley, UCLA}

What Is Science Education About, After All?

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 2, 2018

Evolution, Mathematics, Science Education

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When I was in kindergarten, I remember learning about genetics. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Jung, debate, evolution, Harvard University, intelligent design, interview, Jordan Peterson, lobsters, orthodoxy, serotonin, theistic evolution, Wall Street Journal}

What Jordan Peterson Might Say to Intelligent Design Proponents

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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Peterson’s signature issues aren’t really on the radar screen here, and behind much of his perspective on psychology is a standard evolutionary viewpoint. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Cornell University, Elliott Sober, Epicureanism, evolution, Harvard University, homology, religion}

Two Evolutionists Inadvertently Demolish Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 20, 2018

Evolution

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Yesterday we saw how, in a new paper, Warren Allmon and Robert Ross reformulate the argument for evolution from homologous structures. Read More ›