Tag: Man’s Place in the Universe

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
October 7, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Are the Planets Inhabited?, astronomers, canals, E. M. Antoniadi, E. Walter Maunder, earth, Giovanni Schiaparelli, intelligence, intelligent design, Is Mars Habitable?, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mariner 4, Mars, Mars (book), Mars and Its Canals, Mars as the Abode of Life, Martians, meteorites, optical illusions, Percival Lowell, planets, universe}

Canals on Mars: A Mistaken Design Inference

_{Winston Ewert
October 7, 2026

Astronomy, Planetology

5}

Any remaining doubts were settled by Mariner 4 which flew by Mars in 1965 and took pictures demonstrating that there were no canals. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
December 1, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Arthur Conan Doyle, intelligent cause, intelligent evolution, Man’s Place in the Universe, Michael Shermer, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, spiritualism, The Greatest Show on Earth, The World of Life, Wales, William James, William Paley}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness

_{Michael Flannery
December 1, 2023

Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
October 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, brain, Charles Darwin, Edinburgh, Ernst Haeckel, Genesis, Harvard University, historiography, human consciousness, Jacques Barzun, Man’s Place in the Universe, materialism, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, Psalms, Romans, Scripture, teleology, The Wedge of Truth, The World of Life}

Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson

_{Michael Flannery
October 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We can add Andrew Berry to the list of those quick to praise Alfred Wallace on certain matters but equally quick to condemn him on others. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animal breeding, architect, beauty, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, evolution, intelligent evolution, Jerry Fodor, Joseph Hooker, Man’s Place in the Universe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Sarawak Law, sexual selection, teleology, teleonomy, The World of Life, William Paley, William Whewell}

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

_{Michael Flannery
September 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

16}

Charles Darwin always recognized to some extent the problem of removing all vestiges of intelligent causation from evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, aliens, extraterrestrials, Italian, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mars, Moon, The World of Life, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

The Man on the Moon and Martian Canals

_{Neil Thomas
April 8, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences

5}

French writer Bernard de Fontenelle expressed the belief that there really was a man on the moon — and a whole civilisation to boot, if you please. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, brain, Charles Darwin, Edinburgh, Ernst Haeckel, Genesis, Harvard University, historiography, human consciousness, Jacques Barzun, Man’s Place in the Universe, materialism, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, Psalms, Romans, Scripture, teleology, The Wedge of Truth, The World of Life}

Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson

_{Michael Flannery
November 20, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science

7}

We can add Andrew Berry to the list of those quick to praise Alfred Wallace on certain matters but equally quick to condemn him on others. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animal breeding, architect, beauty, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, evolution, intelligent evolution, Jerry Fodor, Joseph Hooker, Man’s Place in the Universe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Sarawak Law, sexual selection, teleology, teleonomy, The World of Life, William Paley, William Whewell}

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

_{Michael Flannery
August 14, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

16}

In an excerpt from his new book, Professor Flannery identifies Darwin's principal failing in developing his theory. Read More ›

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Date
November 30, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, intelligent design, Man’s Place in the Universe, Michael Denton, NASA, Simon Conway Morris, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water, William Whewell}

Water — One of the Oldest Design Arguments

_{Science & Culture
November 30, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

4}

Today scientists marvel at the many associations among water chemistry, the environment, and life. Read More ›