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Are Scientists Smarter Now, or Dumber?

On the gathering specifically of scientific knowledge, our paleontologist colleague Günter Bechly nails it. Read More ›
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Photo: Reporter at a press conference, 12/14/15, by D. Myles Cullen, via Department of Defense.

“Fake News” Isn’t a Phony Concept, as Media and Wikipedia Coverage of Intelligent Design Shows

The interesting psychological issue here turns upon the question of whether these people are deliberately lying or not. Read More ›
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Photo: Günter Bechly at the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart, via Discovery Institute.

Meet Günter Bechly

So far, our readers have only had the opportunity to meet paleontologist Günter Bechly in his writing here and in a fairly short segment from a recent documentary. Read More ›
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Living Fossils, Ancient Oxygen, Colorful Snapdragons: Anomalies Challenge Darwin’s Story

Enough anomalies can wreck a paradigm. Read More ›
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What, Another “Rewrite” of the Human Origins Story? How About a Rethink, Instead?

Sometimes predictions are not only fulfilled but over-fulfilled. Read More ›
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You’ve Been Edited — Another ID Scholar, Walter Bradley, Gets the Wikipedia Treatment

We reported here the other day that distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly was erased by Wikipedia. Read More ›
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Wikipedia Erases Paleontologist Günter Bechly

This is a big deal, and a reminder of a key dynamic in the debate about intelligent design. Read More ›
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Obit for Famous Christian Paleontologist Peddles Warfare Myth

Trilobites, crinoids, brachiopods, and more bear his name. But a colleague introduces some telling confusions into a remembrance. Read More ›
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Fossil of the prehistoric bird Archeopteryx
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Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology

The fossil record, far from establishing Darwinian theory, only succeeds in hammering one more nail into Darwin's coffin. Read More ›

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