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Michael Flannery

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Before Darwin, How Maxwell’s Intelligent Design Argument Forecast Modern ID

He was well versed in the evolutionary literature as well as in design arguments from antiquity to his day. Read More ›
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On Natural Selection, Popper’s Posthumous Gift

If philosopher of science Karl Popper wanted to leave a gift for those who came after to puzzle over and discuss, he couldn’t have chosen more astutely. Read More ›
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Before Darwin — How Evolution Evolved

The soil was prepared — soon, seeds were sprouting. In roughly the third quarter of the 18th century, evolutionary theories of biology proliferated.  Read More ›
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Butterly Metamorphosis as a Test Case for Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome

What is the “it” (in “itself”) that carries through from beginning to end? The creature’s “self” seems to be lost along the way, in the goo. Read More ›
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Flannery: What Werner Heisenberg Foresaw

“I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact these smallest units of matter are not physical objects in the ordinary sense." Read More ›
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Dembski, Ewert, and Intelligent Design in Polish: “A Game Changer”

Among our partners around the world, one of the finest, doing some of the most impressive work, is the En Arche Foundation in Poland. Read More ›
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Alfred Wallace and the Impact of Labor on Evolutionary Theory

The two founders of evolutionary theory, Wallace and Darwin, came from very different backgrounds. Read More ›
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How the Christian Civil Rights Movement Defeated Social Darwinism and Eugenics

American apostles of Darwinism had begun the 20th century weaponizing common racist attitudes to popularize Darwin’s theory Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Today’s Special Anniversary

"We may regretfully add Wallace to the Party’s list of obfuscating revisions. The good news is that the truth is still available for those who want to know." Read More ›
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New Thoughts on Evolution: Views of Professor Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., F.R.S.

"The scales on the wings of a moth," he said quietly, "have no explanation in Evolution. They belong to Beauty, and Beauty is a spiritual mystery." Read More ›

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