Tag: New Zealand

A white window with purple butterflies flying out of it, looking at the sea outside the glass, white gauze curtain fluttering in the wind, sunset, Generative AI illustrations.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheists, Christopher Hitchens, clownfish, Daniel Dennett, Europeans, God the Science the Evidence, Greeks, intellectuals, irrational forces, Jerry Coyne, mathematics, New Zealand, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, sex binary, transgender, war on math, Western world, whiteness, Why Evolution Is True}

On Atheism’s Watch, Rationality in Science Went Out the Window

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 16, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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All of this decay when atheists were considered to be the primary spokespeople for science. And they have yielded the floor to irrational forces. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cancel culture, Christianity, evidence-based medicine, faith and science, Gordon Guyatt, Judaism, Melanie Bennet, New Zealand, Nick Gillespie, private truth, Reason Magazine, Richard Dawkins, Sara Giordano, scientific enterprise, The Genetic Book of the Dead, The God Delusion, Tibi Puiu}

When We Lose Religion, We Lose Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Richard Dawkins watches as science teeters off a cliff, yet learns nothing of value. Read More ›

Artistic image of mother nature. World environment and mother earth day concept

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Earth Sciences
Environment & Climate
Ethics
Tagged
, advisor, capitalism, China, collectivism, director, Dr. Seuss, environmental practices, environmentalism, fauna, flora, free market, golden calf, human thriving, indigenous people, inspiration, investment, Milton Friedman, Mother Earth, mountain, nature rights, New Zealand, nonprofit organizations, ownership, Parry Field, prosperity, radical environmentalism, rainforest, river, Russia, shareholder, St. Petersburg, Steven Moe, stewardship, The Lorax, Truffula, wealth}

Should We Put Mother Nature on the Board of Directors?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2025

Earth Sciences, Environment & Climate, Ethics

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Nature can’t “own” anything. That’s a human construct. Moreover, nature would be represented by environmental “flesh flake” radicals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, colonialism, conservation, duties, environmentalism, indigenous people, mountains, nature rights, New Zealand, powers, public policy, responsibilities, rights, Santa Monica, Yellowstone}

This Mountain Is Now a “Person” with “Rights” and Even “Responsibilities”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche? Ridiculous! Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Bang, evolution, free speech, Georges Lemaître, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Krebs cycle, National Academies of Science, New Zealand, Richard Dawkins, Ross Andersen, Stephen Jay Gould, The Atlantic, The College Fix, water cycle}

After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Freedom

5}

Richard Dawkins recently objected to the idea that Māori myths should be taught in science class alongside the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), biologists, books, critics, evolution, genius, George Orwell, intelligent design, interviews, Jonathan Wells, New Zealand, puzzles, scholarship, truth, Vietnam War, Zombie Science (book)}

From Puzzles to Prison: Jonathan Wells in His Own Words

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We are receiving many emails expressing appreciation of him as a man, a thinker, a scientific investigator, a writer, a mentor, and a friend. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 22, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, New Zealand, science and faith, theism, Thinking God’s Thoughts, universe}

Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

_{David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Australia, cancer, cocaine, European Union, fentanyl, fossil fuels, global warming, Massachusetts, meat, New England Journal of Medicine, New Zealand, Norway, Oregon, Philippines, Singapore, smoking, technocracy}

On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Read More ›

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Date
February 24, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, data, economics, Elsevier, Excel, Gary Smith, Netherlands, New Zealand, Retraction Watch, science journals, United Kingdom, United States, University of Copenhagen, Zoom}

Data Can Appear in Science Journals — Out of Thin Air

_{Science and Culture
February 24, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

5}

While many researchers decried the results, University of Copenhagen econometrician Søren Johansen said something worth pondering. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", abduction, adaptation, CELS, Charles Darwin, Columbia University, Current Biology, driver, equilibrium, Eric Anderson, gravity, Herbert Spencer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, Mars rovers, molecular machines, New Zealand, orbits, planets, PNAS, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selective pressure, software, sponges, TEDx talk, University of Otago, University of Sydney, water}

What’s Driving Darwin’s Driverless Car?

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What drives natural selection? Evolutionary forces. What are evolutionary forces? They’re what drive natural selection. Read More ›