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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, Communism, economics, evolution, Friedrich Engels, Hannah Arendt, history, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, John the Baptist, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Kremlin, Malcolm Muggeridge, natural selection, Niall Ferguson, On the Origin of Species, Soviet Union, The Descent of Man, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Trofim Lysenko, Ukraine, V.I. Lenin}

Karl Marx at 200 — Darwinism & Communism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2018

Evolution

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The men who translated Marxism into practical political terms in the form of Soviet terror were evolutionary thinkers. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, Alvin Plantinga, calculations, cellular metabolism, coincidence, Darwinian theory, DNA, enzymes, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, organisms, probability, Undeniable (book), Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

_{Douglas Axe
May 2, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, camera eye, Commentary, computer model, Dan-Eric Nilsson, David Berlinski, England, evolution, eyes, natural selection, nature, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Scientific Reports, Sweden, Zombie Science (book)}

Eyes in a Twinkling?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 1, 2018

Evolution

10}

In 1991, Richard Dawkins gave a lecture arguing that natural selection can produce complex and seemingly improbable features by an accumulation of small, incremental steps. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, bioengineering, Darwin's House of Cards, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Karl Popper, Matti Leisola, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Norman Macbeth, phlogiston, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Tom Bethell, Undeniable (book), W. Ford Doolittle, Zombie Science (book)}

Four Darwin Heretics: A Reader’s Roundup

_{Science & Culture
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When you read Matti Leispola’s account of his adventures with a persecuted enclave of Darwin skeptics, you’ll understand why he has a smile on his face. Read More ›

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Date
April 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, active information, co-evolution, competition, complex specified information, CSI, ecological niches, fitness, gene sequences, Immune System, intelligent design, Joe Felsenstein, Law of Conservation of Information, magic, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, randomness, Shannon information, specification, specified information, University of Bristol, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

The Law of Zero Magic

_{Science & Culture
April 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The mystique of evolutionism is the idea that natural selection explains everything. In fact, natural selection itself explains nothing. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotelianism, birds, common descent, creation, Epicureanism, evolutionary theory, homology, horse, inheritance, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, monkey, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, teleology, Why Evolution Is True}

What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Metaphysics

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Here are unauthorized answers to questions posed by Jerry Coyne's blog. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 27, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, bacteria, Dallas, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary theory, experience, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, laboratory, Matti Leisola, microorganisms, natural selection, proteins, yeast}

How Biochemist Matti Leisola’s Lab Experience Persuaded Him of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
March 27, 2018

Biochemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Leisola describes a humble example — the enzymes in washing powder we use in the laundry, with the ability to degrade proteins. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Biola University, common descent, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinian theory, DNA, fossil record, Goldilocks, intelligent design, matter, mind, mutations, natural selection, nature, podcast, proteins, science, Sean McDowell, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

Design Debate in a Nutshell: Mind Over Matter? Or Matter Over Mind?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 23, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Steve Meyer was in Southern California recently and stopped by the campus of Biola University where he sat down for a podcast conversation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, America, animal breeding, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, education, Ethiopian, eugenics, Europe, Forbes, heredity, John West, natural selection, Racism, Scopes Monkey Trial, textbook, variation, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia on Hunter’s Civic Biology

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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Of course, there’s a page on the subject, and you guessed it, they deceptively minimize the theme of eugenics and racism in the book. Read More ›