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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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New York Times

Colorado River
Colorado River
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 28, 2017
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
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Claiming “Person” Status, the Colorado River Sues

Wesley J. Smith
September 28, 2017
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting
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The river's lawyer and an environmental group win friendly coverage from the New York Times. Read More ›
Scott Turner
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 26, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times

David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2017
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything. Read More ›
sunflower
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Michael Egnor
Date
August 9, 2017
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Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature?

Michael Egnor
August 9, 2017
Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken. Read More ›
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
August 8, 2017
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Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
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Philosopher in NY Times: The Universe Has No Purpose, But We Can Pretend…

Michael Egnor
August 8, 2017
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences
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As I noted yesterday, Joseph Carter wrote a fatuous essay in which he denies purpose in the universe and does an amusing dance around the implications that follow. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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August 7, 2017
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Philosophy
Physical Sciences
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Does Nature Show Purpose? Reply to a Materialist Philosopher

Michael Egnor
August 7, 2017
Philosophy, Physical Sciences
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Aristotelian teleology is, as Joseph Carter points out, manifested by order in nature. More precisely, teleology is consistency: natural processes tend to consistent ends. Read More ›
insensitive sandwich
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 15, 2017
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Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
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Evolution and the Insensitive Sandwich

David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2017
Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting
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David Brooks of the New York Times has taken a lot razzing for a column about social class signifiers and how they serve to insulate the upper middle class. Read More ›
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Date
July 3, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Science
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Origin-of-Life Researcher Admits, It’s “A Long, Long Way to LUCA”

Science and Culture
July 3, 2017
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Science
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Without intelligent design, how the "the last universal common ancestor of all living organisms" arose remains frustratingly elusive to theorists. Read More ›
prairie dog
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 17, 2017
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Science Reporting
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Dogs Communicate, So Do Prairie Dogs – So?

David Klinghoffer
May 17, 2017
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Linguistics, Science Reporting
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It’s all in the spin, isn’t it? Chirping chipmunks – sorry, prairie dogs – knock down the “the last bastion encircling human exceptionalism." Read More ›

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