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Michael Behe
Photo: Michael Behe speaking at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse

Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse. Read More ›
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Photo: Geospiza fortis, by putneymark via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).

Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection?

They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.” Read More ›
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Image: Darwin's finches, via Wikimedia Commons.

Are Galápagos Finches “Evolution in Action”?

In a series of posts starting today, I offer some notes on the question of whether macroevolution is happening on the Galápagos Islands. Read More ›
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Douglas Axe
Photo: Douglas Axe, in a scene from the series Science Uprising “DNA: The Programmer.”

Are Proteins Attracted to Function?

Doug Axe showed that functional space is a tiny fraction of sequence space in proteins. Evolutionists think they found a shortcut. Read More ›
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana
Image: James Dwight Dana, by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) / Public domain.

James Dwight Dana: Falsely Claimed Darwinist

When it comes to claims of the “nearly unanimous” acceptance of Darwinian evolution, mere assertion cannot stand as fact. Read More ›
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Trapped in the Naturalistic Parabola

You may have noticed a strange loop which arises spontaneously in many sectors of the intelligent design debate. Read More ›
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<p>Photo: Statue of Agassiz buried in the pavement, 1906, Stanford University, by Frank Davey / Public domain.</p>

Louis Agassiz: Some Additional Thoughts

Despite the significance of Agassiz’s scientific accomplishments, his heavy historical baggage cannot be lightly discarded or ignored. Read More ›
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Louis Agassiz and the National Academy’s Secret

Abraham Lincoln signed the Academy into law with Agassiz by his side. Read More ›
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Photo at the top: Adolf Grünbaum, a screenshot from “GrunbaumEngage,” a tribute by the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh.

Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)

How an atheist philosopher of science mentored an intelligent design theorist. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Study of Epidemics

The reality to which these scientists are “one step closer” is the fact that ID research is indispensable to medicine and biology.  Read More ›

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