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The War on 2 + 2 = 4

The people weighing in against 2 + 2 = 4 are not mathematicians but in education departments where they teach the teaching of mathematics. Read More ›
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Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink

The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous. Read More ›
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Yet Another Scholar Seeks to Airbrush Darwin’s Racist Legacy

Racists for decades, down to today, have looked to Charles Darwin as a champion of their ideas, and if they’re right about anything, it’s that. Read More ›
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When Darwinism Came to Africa, Horrors Ensued

Olufemi Oluniyi tells the story of Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, who, guided by Social Darwinism, “sought to produce a race of super-soldiers for Stalin’s army.” Read More ›
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The Cruel Legacy of Social Darwinism in Nigeria

Social Darwinism rests like a tiger moth on Darwinism, its mother theory; when challenged with facts, it just flits to a slightly different position. Read More ›
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Remembering Paul Johnson’s Assessment of Darwin

The reviewers that insist this work is “ludicrous,” a “smear,” or a “hatchet job” are wrong; it is none of these. Read More ›
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A Miraculous Existence

Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›
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How Darwin Shaped the Young Joseph Stalin

Jonathan Wells notes that a figure in the totalitarian tradition was influenced by evolution from a very early age. Read More ›
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Darwinism, Totalitarianism, and the Lockdown

Hannah Arendt was the leading philosopher of totalitarianism in the 20th century. She explicitly links totalitarian ideology to Darwinism. Read More ›
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Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)

How an atheist philosopher of science mentored an intelligent design theorist. Read More ›

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