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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›
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Photo: John Lennon memorial, Central Park, by Lolalatorre, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›
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Rosenhouse Roundup

Jason Rosenhouse wrote an anti-ID book for Cambridge U. Press that our colleague, his fellow mathematician William Dembski, reviewed. Read More ›
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Photo: Dubautia menziesii, by Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›
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What Scientists Know

Our scientific elites insist that the “scientific consensus” be accepted without question. Read More ›
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What Triggered a Biology Journal to Demand Government Censorship of Intelligent Design

The article is like a thermometer measuring a fever among evolutionists. Read More ›
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Himmelfarb and Her Haters

What can be said of Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution in the dusk of 2009, fifty year after its original publication? Is it a terrible book? Read More ›
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Photo credit: A cornfield, by Freestyle nl [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Does T-urf13 Refute Irreducible Complexity? A Response to Arthur Hunt

Since 2007, Hunt has been claiming to have refuted Michael Behe’s thesis that irreducible complexity cannot arise by mindless evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Happy Darwin Day! Our 2018 Censor of the Year Is Wikipedia

As Darwin himself said, in a scientific context, “A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Advancement of Science

A little-known fact about intelligent design is that the majority of it scientists already perform their work alongside colleagues with differing views. Read More ›

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