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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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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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Günter Bechly
Date
December 13, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

Günter Bechly
December 13, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›
Charles-Darwin
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Granville Sewell
Date
October 2, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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The Mystery of Evolution May Be Unsolvable — By Materialist Science

Granville Sewell
October 2, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics
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Seventy years later we are still not close to explaining the origin and development of life in terms of entirely natural (unintelligent) causes. Read More ›
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Daniel Reeves
Date
September 26, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 24, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 31, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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There Is No Known Evolutionary Rule for Animal Intelligence

Denyse O’Leary
August 31, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Got a pet lizard? Good news. Scientists say it can be trained to do tasks and tricks. Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
Date
August 27, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument 

Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 6, 2024
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Philosophy
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“Plant Philosophy” Sounds Like a Joke — It Isn’t

Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2024
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Philosophy
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The purpose is to destroy the philosophical basis of Western civilization. Think I’m overreacting? Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
June 21, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Ediacaran Animal Embryos Put to Test and Put to Rest

Günter Bechly
June 21, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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There are no fossil animals in the Ediacaran, when they should be found according to the gradualistic predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
May 9, 2024
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Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
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Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024
Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences
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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
February 23, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Big Bang of Tertiary Birds and a Phylogenetic Mess

Günter Bechly
February 23, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
31
There was an abrupt origin, a burst of biological creativity, which is best explained by an infusion of new information from an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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