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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, crime, Darwinism, Guillermo Gonzalez, Harvard University, intelligent design, Jeffrey Epstein, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, MIT, Richard Sternberg, Santa Fe Institute, scientists, Sherlock Holmes, transhumanism, William A. Dembski}

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Jeffrey Epstein and the Silence of the Scientists

_{Michael Egnor
December 23, 2019

Bioethics

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It is, I believe, a revelation about our scientific culture and particularly about the trust we should place in a “science consensus” that should shake us to our bones. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, crime, Darwinism, Guillermo Gonzalez, Harvard University, intelligent design, Jeffrey Epstein, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, MIT, Richard Sternberg, Santa Fe Institute, scientists, Sherlock Holmes, transhumanism, William A. Dembski}

Jeffrey Epstein and the Silence of the Scientists

_{Michael Egnor
September 24, 2019

Bioethics

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It is, I believe, a revelation about our scientific culture and particularly about the trust we should place in a “science consensus” that should shake us to our bones. Read More ›

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Date
September 4, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __edited, autotrophs, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, diatoms, diseases, foresight, Harvard University, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Denton, microtubules, MIT, molecular biology, mutations, PNAS, red blood cells, Richard Young}

Foresight in Single Cells

_{Science & Culture
September 4, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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There are things going on in cells that make sense only if a designing intelligence saw a need and planned for it in advance. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 26, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, ADP, amino acids, ATP, ATP synthase, bacteria, diatoms, Discovery Institute, DNA, drive shaft, eLife, flagellum, gears, genetic code, hubris, leafhopper, metabolism, MIT, mitochondria, motor, proteins, rotors, stator, wheels}

Making Predictions Against Design

_{Ann Gauger
August 26, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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From back when I was a sophomore taking biochemistry, one particular event stands out in my memory, perhaps because it was such an odd thing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2019

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, artificial intelligence, Charles Darwin, CNN, computer, creativity, extrapolation, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, machines, Mind Matters, MIT, Neural Networks, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II}

Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2019

Arts, Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, Aristotle, computation, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intelligent design, meaning, Michael Egnor, MIT, neuroscience, Scott Adams, simulation theory}

MIT’s Rizwan Virk on Simulation Theory, AKA Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Egnor: “If we are living in a computer simulation, we couldn’t think to ask the question.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 10, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptation, babies, behavior, college students, evolution, fairy tales, football, junk science, methodology, MIT, Neanderthals, PZ Myers, satire}

Why an Evolutionist Disses Evolutionary Psychology

_{Michael Egnor
April 10, 2019

Biochemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Darwinian fairy tales about prehistoric Neanderthal proclivities and modern psychology are obvious junk science. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, apes, Australia, blue whale, cancer, DNA, epigenetics, evolutionary tree, Harvard University, humidity, humpback whale, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, Metamorphosis, MIT, monarch butterfly, mutations, natural selection, NOAA, oxygen, pesticides, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, Rubisco, Science Advances, spider silk, termites, UCLA, University of Sheffield, Weizmann Institute}

Fairy Circles, Spider Silk, Epigenetics, and More: Intelligent Design in the News

_{Science & Culture
March 20, 2019

Biology, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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So-called “fairy circles” yielded to a natural explanation, according to a research team: they are abandoned termite mounds. Now, however, another natural theory is rising. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, biologic institute, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, Eugenie Scott, Free Science, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, intelligent design, lawyers, MIT, PhD students, poets, Richard Sternberg, Royal Society, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Summer Seminars, Third Way of Evolution, U.C. Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania}

“Scientific Dissent from Darwinism” List: The Tip of an Iceberg

_{David Klinghoffer
February 4, 2019

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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The signers of the Dissent list have all risked their careers or reputations in signing. Such is the power of groupthink. Read More ›

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Date
February 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biologic institute, Brazil, Bruce Chapman, Czech Republic, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Marcos Eberlin, MIT, Natural History Museum, PBS, Princeton University, Royal Society, Russia, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, United States, University of Cambridge, Yale University}

Skepticism About Darwinian Evolution Grows as 1,000+ Scientists Share Their Doubts

_{Science & Culture
February 4, 2019

Evolution

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Over 1,000 doctoral scientists from around the world have signed a statement publicly expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›