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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
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
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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
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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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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Robert L. Crowther, II
Date
November 7, 2005
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Science Reporting
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Kansas Set to Allow Teaching of Scientific Criticisms of Evolution in Public Schools

Robert Crowther
November 7, 2005
Science Reporting
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Discovery Institute praised the proposed science standards because they expand the information presented to students about biological and chemical evolution by including some of the scientific criticisms of these theories. The standards also recommend the adoption of a definition of science that is consistent with the definition of science used by most by other states. The standards do not propose teaching intelligent design theory. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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November 5, 2005
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Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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Minnich vs Harvey: “The witness is smarter than the lawyer”

Casey Luskin
November 5, 2005
Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom
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In the end, very few of Mr. Harvey’s questions had any bearing on constitutional issues, apart from the fact that he helped Minnich further demonstrate that ID is based upon empirical evidence and does not try to answer religious questions. Read More ›
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Robert L. Crowther, II
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November 4, 2005
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Science Reporting
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The Truth About Discovery Institute’s Role in the Dover Intelligent Design and Evolution Trial

Robert Crowther
November 4, 2005
Science Reporting
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Although Discovery Institute believe teaching about intelligent design is constitutionally permissible, we think mandating intelligent design politicizes what should be a scientific debate and harms the efforts of scientists who support design to gain a fair hearing in the scientific community. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
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November 4, 2005
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Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Dover Trial: Plaintiffs’ Counsel Implies Voet and Voet Biology Textbook is Unconstitutional

Casey Luskin
November 4, 2005
Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom
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There’s also no denying Minnich’s data which shows that mutagenized flagella do not function properly. He claimed that mutagenesis (i.e. knockout) experiments on all the genes in the flagellum show that it is rendered nonfunctional. This tends to indicate that with respect to its genes, it is irreducibly complex. Read More ›
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Robert L. Crowther, II
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November 3, 2005
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Berlinski’s “On The Origins of the Mind” lauded by American Scientist

Robert Crowther
November 3, 2005
Neuroscience & Mind
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American Scientist Online has posted a nice review of The Best American Science Writing 2005 (Edited by Alan Lightman, Harper Perennial) from the Nov-Dec issue of the magazine, which features CSC senior fellow David Berlinski's article "On The Origins of the Mind." Read More ›
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Jonathan Witt
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November 1, 2005
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Science Reporting
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Even Religious Skeptics Skeptical of the ACLU’s Dover Position

Jonathan Witt
November 1, 2005
Science Reporting
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"There are people right now in Dover, Pennsylvania fighting to ban a completely harmless book called Of Pandas And People from public school science classes, against the express wishes of a majority of the parents.... You can put all the lipstick you want on this pig, with armwaving generalizations about 'separation of church and state,' but the pig won't get any prettier." Atheist Dean Esmay Read More ›
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Robert L. Crowther, II
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October 28, 2005
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Science Reporting
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ACTA Speaks Out On “Not So Intelligent Administrative Designs”

Robert Crowther
October 28, 2005
Science Reporting
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I just found this (you’ll have to scroll down to Oct. 22, the day it was posted) courageous defense of academic freedom and free and open scientific inquiry posted by the The American Council of Trustees and Alumni. It’s a blog post responding to the recent wave of viewpoint discrimination against ID in higher education. ACTA writes: Denunciations are not reasoned refutations. Administrative bans on intellectual inquiry do more to chill debate than to foster it, and do considerable damage not only to the ideas being banned, but also to those being protected from challenge or dispute. … Universities should be actively fostering debate about intelligent design, not seeking to shut down investigation of the idea entirely. And they should Read More ›

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Robert L. Crowther, II
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October 27, 2005
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Science Reporting
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Caldwell Wins Round One In Suit Against School District

Robert Crowther
October 27, 2005
Science Reporting
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According to a press release issued by Caldwell yesterday: "a federal judge has ruled that California citizens have a Constitutional right under the First Amendment to put proposed evolution policies on the agenda of local school board meetings for public debate and potential adoption, and that school officials who refuse such a request are subject to potential civil rights remedies in federal court." Read More ›

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