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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Read More ›
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Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 3, “Intelligent Design Has No Peer-Reviewed Publications”

Unfortunately, Judge Jones got this simple question exactly wrong, giving life to a myth. This alone speaks volumes about his ruling. Read More ›
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Science, Not the Law, Will Settle the Debate Over Intelligent Design

I mark the 20th anniversary of the Dover verdict by beginning a two-part conversation with geologist, legal scholar, and Dover trial expert Dr. Casey Luskin. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 4, “The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design”

Expert witnesses like biochemist Michael Behe and microbiologist Scott Minnich testified about how irreducible complexity makes a positive case for design. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 5, “Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy”

Both Judge John E. Jones and the media have promoted the myth that Discovery was somehow behind the events that sparked the case. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

Judge Jones lumped Dover’s policy with the intelligent design movement, as if they were inextricably linked. Read More ›
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Teaching Darwin: A Hypothetical Program

Charles Darwin himself contemplated being mistaken, writing “I have asked myself whether I may not have devoted my life to a fantasy.” Read More ›
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Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking. Read More ›
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PBS, Darwin, and Dover: An Interview with Phillip Johnson

Johnson was one of the only intelligent design proponents interviewed for and included in PBS’s science series NOVA in an episode about the Dover case. Read More ›

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