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In Defense of Theistic Evolution, Denis Lamoureux Rewrites History

Scientism’s grand progress narrative holds that as we learn more and more about the world, purely natural or material explanations inevitably will arise and grow stronger. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration

Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology. Read More ›
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Photo: Kanye West, by rodrigoferrari [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Kanye Imagine? “Scientists Don’t Have to Be Darwinists”

Thanks to Kanye West and Chance the Rapper, an idea has sprung on the culture like a thunderclap. Read More ›
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Photo: Steven Pinker receives an honorary degree, via Simon Fraser University/Flickr.

On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›
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#10 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Nobel Laureate Is “80 Percent” Confident in Intelligent Design

He compares design in evolution to human creativity, and concedes that his ideas about ID may not be consistent with traditional theism. Read More ›
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Email Correspondence with University Dean Reveals Stonewalling Behind Latest Anti-ID Censorship

Whether the context is Wikipedia or the academic scene on the Iberian Peninsula, the scientific “consensus” on ID is maintained by shutting down debate and silencing scholarship. Read More ›
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Three Flagellum Updates Amplify Behe’s Challenge to Darwinism from Irreducible Complexity

Here’s what’s new about the iconic molecular machine that launched Michael Behe’s design revolution. Read More ›
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For Your Labor Day Enjoyment – Dembski on Design Detection in Just Three Minutes

We last checked in with Robert Lawrence Kuhn as he interviewed Nobel laureate Brian Josephson who said he was “80 percent” sure of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Aristotle
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DNA, Information, and Aristotle’s Nobel Prize

Max Delbrück (1906-1981) was a biophysicist and Nobel laureate who made seminal discoveries in the DNA-based replication of viruses. Read More ›
Brian Josephson
Physics
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Brian Josephson, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Is “80 Percent” Confident in Intelligent Design

"I believe that intelligence may play a role in how evolution has occurred." Read More ›

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