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Perplexing: Michael Behe’s Critics Falsely Claim He Ignores Exaptation

Writing in the journal Science, reviewers Lents, Swamidass, and Lenski make a very specific, clear, strong, and unambiguous claim. Read More ›
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Unguided Darwinian Mechanism’s “Self-Limiting” Nature Is What Dooms It

Evolution is all, or almost all, evolution by destruction. Michael Behe gives the analogy of a bridge separating you from an invading group of enemies. Read More ›
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Surprise: Lents Clarifies that Book Not Intended as Refutation of Intelligent Design!

I explained that his writing has certainly seemed like a subtweet, at the very least, directed at ID. Others appear to understand it similarly. Read More ›
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Look What They’re Teaching at Brigham Young University

In biology class, associate professor Jamie Jensen seeks to inculcate her students with Epicureanism. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: #3, "Intelligent Design Has No Peer-Reviewed Research or Publications"

In the Kitzmiller v. Dover ruling, Judge Jones claimed that ID "has not generated peer-reviewed publications." Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: #4, "The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design"

On the opening day of the 2005 Dover trial, the plaintiffs' leadoff expert witness, noted anti-ID biologist Kenneth Miller. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: #7 "The Dover Case Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’"

ID arguments are scientific, and not religious, because they use the scientific method to make their claims. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: #8, “Michael Behe Admitted that ID Is No More Scientific than Astrology”

Did Behe really concede that ID is no more scientific than astrology? No. Yet we see this myth repeated all over the Internet. Read More ›

Ten Years After the Dover Case, Judge Jones Misunderstands His Critics

Judge Jones directly ignored the most relevant precedent from the U.S. Supreme Court -- precedent directly applicable to the Dover case. Read More ›

Does the Kitzmiller v. Dover Ruling Show that Intelligent Design is Academically Substandard?

We affectionately call this the "Judge Jones Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It" approach to ID. Read More ›

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