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A Diffident Revolutionary

In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos land iguana, by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos marine iguana, by Datune at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›
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Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›
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Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›
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Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing

No better advertisements for intelligent design exist than works written by establishment scientists that unintentionally make design arguments. Read More ›
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A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›
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Crying “Chance, Chance” When There Is No Chance

Note the artfully deployed passive voice. One-way traffic “was finally counteracted by the launch of the first artificial satellites.” Who counteracted it? Read More ›

A New Study of James Clerk Maxwell Attempts to Defend His Design Argument at the Expense of Intelligent Design

Maxwell breathed new life into natural theology and helped in some measure to sustain the design argument in Victorian England. Read More ›

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