Tag: Inherit the Wind

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Bible, Bolton Davidheiser, Casey Luskin, censorship, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Dayton, Democrats, Dudley Field Malone, Edward Larson, freedom, fundamentalists, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Holocaust, Horatio Hockett Newman, Human Zoos, Icons of Evolution, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Wells, March of Man, Maynard Metcalf, Phillip E. Johnson, Scopes trial, Social Darwinism, Summer for the Gods, Supreme Court, Teaching Company, The Daily Wire, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, Zombie Science}

Inhibit the Mind? Scopes Revisionism Can End

_{David Coppedge
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The centennial of the Scopes Trial is a good time to set the record straight. Here’s a way to turn the tables on the stereotype. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Bible, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Dayton, Field Museum of Natural History, Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, Melvyn Douglas, mental hospitals, mental illness, On the Origin of Species, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Proverbs, Robert E. Lee, Spencer Tracy, Tennessee, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes and History: A Personal Reminiscence

_{Bruce Chapman
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

In 1956 my father, a devout Darwinian who had failed to persuade me by taking me to the esteemed Field Museum in Chicago, treated me to a theater offering. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, American Birth Control League, American Crisis, apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Eugene Debs, Eugenics Education Society, Francis Galton, fundamentalist Christianity, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Industrial Workers of the World, Inherit the Wind, Jefrey Breshears, John Scopes, John West, Only Yesterday, Origin of Species, Roaring Twenties, science and religion, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Areopagus, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists}

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

_{Science and Culture
July 7, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

10}

Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, academic freedom, Casey Luskin, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinists, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, films, Hollywood, ID research program, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, persecution, scientific progress, Scopes effect, Scopes Monkey Trial}

Despite Scopes Effect, Intelligent Design Flourishes

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 5, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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As Casey Luskin notes, the intelligent design research project has gone from strength to strength in the last three decades. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, ACLU, Casey Luskin, crime, culture, Darwin skeptics, Dayton, evolution, faith and science, fundamentalism, human evolution, ID the Future, Inherit the Wind, John T. Scopes, media, Michael Egnor, modernism, podcast, radio, science, Scopes Monkey Trial, stereotypes, technology, Tennessee}

A Century Later, the Spirit of Scopes Is Alive and Well

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 1, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

3}

According to secularist legend, the Scopes trial represented a great showdown between ignorant, fundamentalist religion and enlightened, scientific progress. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, conflict myth, Cornelius Hunter, COVID-19, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwin-skeptics, debate, evolution, Evolution News, faith, Inherit the Wind, lies, lying, masks, Michael Behe, misinformation, Plato's Revenge, propaganda, Richard Sternberg, Rutgers University, science, self-preservation, soldiers, tribal affiliation, tribalism, tribe}

Tribalism in the Evolution Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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What is all this about “lying”? Cornelius Hunter provides some context at the end of his video that I thought was insightful. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-intellectualism, antibiotic resistance, Brigham Young University, Darwinism, Epicureanism, Evangelical Christians, evolution, evolutionists, Inherit the Wind, Jamie Jensen, Judge John E. Jones, Life Sciences, Rachel Gross, religion, science, Scopes Monkey Trial, vaccination, Warfare Thesis}

Look What They’re Teaching at Brigham Young University

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 2, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

4}

In biology class, associate professor Jamie Jensen seeks to inculcate her students with Epicureanism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Disinherit the Wind, Hollywood, Inherit the Wind, John West, Jonathan Wells, Matt Chait, Richard Dawkins, theater, Zombie Science (book)}

Good News from Hollywood? See Disinherit the Wind and Join West, Wells for Post-Play Discussion

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2017

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Mindless adherence to stereotypes is one of the most effective weapons in Darwinism's arsenal. Read More ›

Gavel resting on a wooden table in a courtroom (1)

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2015

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, Book News & Events, Darwin's Doubt, H.L. Mencken, history, Inherit the Wind, News and Events, Scopes Monkey Trial, the narrative}

For Next Week’s 90th Scopes Trial Anniversary, We’ve Got Something Special Planned

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2015

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

2}

For many Darwin defenders, the evolution debate remains forever stuck in the year 1925. Read More ›

A video camera, mounted on a tripod, is set up in a courtroom, facing the judge's bench and jury box. The courtroom is empty, with sunlight streaming through the windows.

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 10, 2011

Categories
Bioethics
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, "Nebraska Man", Alan Dershowitz, Alleged (film), Civic Biology, Darwin, Darwinists, eugenics, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Inherit the Wind, John Scopes, junk science, overconfidence, politically incorrect, Racism, scientific racisim, Scopes Monkey Trial, Social Darwinism, video, William Jennings Bryan}

New Film Exposes Bigotry and Junk Science of Early Twentieth-Century Darwinists

_{John G. West
November 10, 2011

Bioethics, History of Science

4}

The scientific community can be dominated by a dogmatism that subverts rational thought and an honest evaluation of the evidence. Intriguingly, this truth seems to have been recognized by none other than John Scopes later in life. Read More ›