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Enlightened No More: Darwin as Prefiguration of Postmodern Man

Whether we like it or not, Erasmus Darwin’s simple and predictable world is no more, and we now find ourselves subject to a profoundly mysterious cosmos. Read More ›
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A Conscious Universe?

Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›
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Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Hypothesis

"The idea that the universe was actually created by a supernatural intelligence is a dramatic, important idea." Read More ›
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From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›
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Atheist Richard Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a “Scientific Hypothesis,” Though Mistaken

This is a remarkable response, granting the premise of arguments for intelligent design like those of Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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Is This a Paradigm Shift? 

Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›
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Doubling Down: Dawkins Now on “Team Christianity”

Over the weekend at the Dissident Dialogues gathering in New York, he participated in a dialogue with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Read More ›
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Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences

The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error. Read More ›
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Watchdog Group Calls Professor Dave “Anti-Semite of the Week”; Plus an Appeal to the New Atheists

Does this have anything to do with intelligent design and the evolution debate? Yes, two things. Read More ›
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Professor Dave, Anti-Semite? You Be the Judge

What was unclear was whether his rage against intelligent design reflected just an isolated problem in his thinking, or whether it’s something more system-wide. Read More ›

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