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With Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Genes,” Plato Exacts His Revenge

If I had no sense of humor whatsoever about the whole thing, I would point out that the nature of “genes” is the subject of a fascinating scientific dispute. Read More ›
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On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: I Couldn’t Put Plato’s Revenge Down

I rarely read a book as quickly as I read this text, and I virtually never read a book twice. Read More ›
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Photo: Jonathan Wells, by Brian Gage.

Humor, Humility, and a Treasured Friend and Colleague: Sternberg Remembers Jonathan Wells

Wells would occasionally bring up lessons he had learned about hubris from a famous tragic play by German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Read More ›
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I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

The scientific rigor and common sense in the CSC videos I watched as a child taught me to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Read More ›
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Photo: Joe and Hadassah Lieberman in 2011, by Shirley Li/Medill DC, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Joe Lieberman, the Sabbath, and Intelligent Design

In simplest terms, the Biblical institution of a Sabbath is intended as a weekly reminder of intelligent design. Read More ›
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ChatGPT Is Becoming Increasingly Impressive

Yet I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›
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Photo: Ide Trotter, PhD, Princeton-trained chemical engineer and Darwin skeptic, delivers testimony before the Texas State Board of Education.

In Appreciation of Ide Trotter

A memory stands out. It was the evening he was honored by family, friends, ID scholars Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, and Walter Bradley along with James Tour. Read More ›
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Depths of Design: Talking Boxes

Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Read More ›
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On Origin of Life, New Long Story Skewers Materialist Doctrine

The OOL researchers don’t believe they are cheating or stealing. They’re not dishonest, or stupid. But they are fooling themselves. Read More ›

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