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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Barry Arrington, blogs, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Google, higher intelligence, history, intelligent design, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Jason Rosenhouse, Kenneth Miller, law, Michael Behe, Panda's Thumb, social media, truth, Twitter, Uncommon Descent, Uncommon Dissent, writing, YouTube videos}

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

_{William A. Dembski
April 20, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
April 13, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, Age of Reason, Christianity, conflict myth, Euclid, experiments, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, history, Jerry Coyne, Johannes Kepler, medicine, medieval Church, Medieval science, Middle Ages, Myth of the Dark Ages, Oxford University, Ptolemy, Roger Bacon, Roman Catholic, Saint Augustine, science and religion, Warfare Thesis}

Rumors of War and Evidence of Peace Between Science and Christianity

_{Mike Keas
April 13, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Mathematics

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The institution in which most scholars investigated natural motion is also noteworthy — the university. This invention began with the University of Bologna. Read More ›

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Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, correspondence, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinian racism, evolution, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Moore, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, slavery, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms}

Robert Shedinger: Darwin’s Sacred Cause Is “Historical Fiction”

_{Science & Culture
March 29, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Science

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The effect of the book is to misrepresent Darwin in such a way as to make those who reject Darwinism appear to be opposing a saintly anti-abolitionist. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, correspondence, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, history, James Moore, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, United States}

Darwin and Agassiz: An Imaginary Picture

_{Robert Shedinger
March 18, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Given the close relationship Louis Agassiz shared with pro-slavery factions in the South, Desmond and Moore focus much on Darwin’s relationship with Agassiz. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, correspondence, cruelty, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, dehumanization, evolution, fact check, history, HMS Beagle, James Moore, newspapers, Racism, Robert Fitzroy, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, slaves}

Fact Check: Imagining Darwin’s Abolitionism

_{Robert Shedinger
March 17, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Desmond and Moore tell us that Darwin assured his sisters that his principles on slavery hadn’t changed despite spending five years living with Captain FitzRoy. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, common descent, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, historiography, history, HMS Beagle, human origins, James Moore, new york, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, Tierra del Fuego}

“Sacred Cause”? Reconsidering Charles Darwin as Abolitionist

_{Robert Shedinger
March 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I offer a series of posts here designed to lay out the evidence in detail. It is not merely that Desmond and Moore are selective in the sources they cite. Read More ›

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Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, Charles Darwin, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinism, history, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, Olufemi Oluniyi, podcast, Racism, The Descent of Man}

When Darwinian Racism Came to Africa, and to the West

_{Science & Culture
March 8, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

1}

Olufemi Oluniyi details how Darwinism fueled pseudo-scientific racism against Africans and other indigenous peoples outside the West. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Denis Diderot, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, history, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, L’Homme Machine, Lamarckism, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, metaphors, Mother Nature, natural causes, natural selection, nature, On the Origin of Species, philosophes, Steve Laufmann, Thomas Malthus, transmutation, Victorians, world spirit}

Natural Selection: The Evolution of a Mirage

_{Neil Thomas
March 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Natural selection reveals itself as not just a metaphor but a mixed one: Nature being dumb but nevertheless capable of discrimination. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computers, Fox News, future, Futurism, higher education, history, LaMDA, Non-Computable You, podcast, religion, Robert J. Marks II, self-driving cars, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, World Economic Forum}

Will AI “Own the World”? Robert J. Marks Talks with Laura Ingraham

_{Peter Biles
March 3, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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In response to those who believe AI will take over the world, Marks says, "Look at history." Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, culture, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute Press, Great Britain, history, imperialism, John West, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar}

John West Introduces Darwin Comes to Africa

_{Science & Culture
February 22, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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The work explores the poisonous influence of Social Darwinism on British rule in Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read More ›