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Michael Egnor

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Physicist: Gravity Refutes Free Will

Atheists share an attraction to using gravity in strange ways to support their doctrines. Read More ›
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Why “Humanize”? A New Effort to Defend the Unique Dignity of Human Beings

One of the tragic trends in thinking about evolution has been to blur the distinction between humans and animals. History warns us not to regard this lightly. Read More ›
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Thanks to the Sacrifices of Many, There’s Talk of Censoring Us

While heroes of the U.S. Armed Forces have given their lives, the scholars who critique scientific atheism and advance the theory of ID offer of themselves in different ways. Read More ›
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COVID-19, Random Mutations, and Aristotle’s Matrix of Design

Dr. Egnor draws upon Aristotle to argue that mutations and other random events only occur, and have their meaning, against a backdrop of purpose and design. Read More ›
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Free Webinar, May 16: Compliant or Critical? Scientific Authority in the Age of COVID-19

“Follow the science!” we’re told. “Listen to the scientists!” Should we submit to such calls, or insist on thinking for ourselves? Read More ›
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From Pfizer, Scientism and Self-Congratulation

Amidst a controversial national lockdown, economic ruin, and mounting intelligence evidence pointing to an origin in a Chinese lab, the coronavirus has reminded us of a number of things. Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pseudogenes Are Going the Way of Darwin’s “Rudimentary Organs”

Long described as useless leftovers of evolution, pseudogenes are rising from the junk pile as functional entities. Read More ›
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Image: Louis Pasteur, by Albert Edelfelt (1885)/ Public domain.

Irreconcilable Differences: Can Darwinism Be Pasteurized?

An advocate for Darwinian medicine wants to bring two historical opponents in the design debate, Pasteur and Darwin, into a peace treaty for the good of public health. Read More ›
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Image credit: Galen and Hippocrates, two ancient physicians, depicted in a fresco from Anagni Cathedral in Italy, by Nina Aldin Thune via Wikimedia Commons. 

Medicine, Religion, and Cosmos — Was Andrew Cuomo Wrong to Invoke God?

In a press conference yesterday about the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used notably religious language. Read More ›
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Photo: Joe the truck driver, by Veronica538 / CC BY-SA.

Science Expert Slaps the “Anti-Intellectuals,” Again

I stopped by Joe the truck driver’s house to talk. Joe read Yale neurologist Steven Novella’s essay, and he didn’t think much of it. Read More ›

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