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Michael Flannery

naturalism

Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is 

Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism. Read More ›
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Biologist J. Scott Turner’s Rediscovery – How Darwinism Fatally Overlooks What Life Is

Intellectual discovery is often a matter of rediscovery: reviving insights that were available before but overlooked, forgotten, or neglected. Read More ›
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Darwin and Data — “Cutting the Toes to Fit the Shoe”

The popular picture of Charles Darwin casts him as the assiduous, objective gatherer of scientific data, only reluctantly reaching the conclusion he did. Read More ›

“Darwin’s Dice” — Michael Flannery on the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution

Theistic evolutionary thinking is designed to reconcile religious believers to the denial of their own common sense. Read More ›

Hyper-evolutionism, Scientism, and the Mythical Wallace of Michael Shermer

Shermer's term "Intelligent Design creationism" signals his own misjudgment in the matter, namely, that ID is creationism. Read More ›

The Natural and the Supernatural: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Nature of Science

The reason scientists do not take seriously the claims of Intelligent Design theorists today is the same reason that scientists did not take seriously Wallace's speculations about an "overarching intelligence." Read More ›
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Resolved: If He Were Alive Today, Alfred Russel Wallace Would Be an Intelligent Design Advocate

No religious believer, evolutionary theory's co-discoverer came to argue in terms remarkably similar to arguments made today by intelligent-design theorists. Or did he? Read More ›

Following the Evidence Where It Leads: Observations on Dembski’s Exchange with Shapiro

What if we detect pervasive signs of design, or information input, that require intelligent agency? At what point does the possibility of intelligent design become acceptable to the broader scientific community? Read More ›

Online Premiere of Darwin’s Heretic: Saturday, January 21, 2012

Learn about Alfred Russel Wallace’s fascinating journey of discovery starting Saturday, January 21, with the online premiere of the new documentary short Darwin’s Heretic at www.darwinsheretic.com.

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