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Inside the Evolution Silo — Darwinism as a Cult

A major news story can break outside of the silo but, because it goes against the narrative, those in the silo will never hear about it. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design’s Yellow Star: Journal’s Disclaimer Refutes a Common Criticism of ID

Critics of intelligent design (ID) often lecture ID proponents that they are free to submit their work to any scientific journal. Read More ›
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Journal Finds It Can’t Keep a Good Pro-ID Paper Down

As a reader points out, the paper is the journal’s No. 1 most downloaded article, beating out several others in the Top 10 about Covid and related hot topics. Read More ›
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Should We Teach Evolution as a Sensitive Issue?

That’s what priest and professor of science education Michael Reiss argues. Read More ›
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Self-Induced Blindness: Round 3 with Kevin Williamson

Of course, an allergy to conceding error is not unique to ID opponents, but it is typical of them. Read More ›
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For Selling Evolution, a Little Knowledge Is a Glorious Thing

Many Americans reject evolution, a recent paper suggests, because they’re uninformed.  Read More ›
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New Peer-Reviewed Paper Challenges Darwinian Evolution

Over recent months, papers challenging key elements of Darwinian theory — the kind of papers which are supposed not to exist — have increasingly been slipping through the net and finding their way into the peer-reviewed literature. One such paper, “Is gene duplication a viable explanation for the origination of biological information and complexity?,” authored by Joseph Esfandier Hannon Bozorgmeh and published online last week in the journal, Complexity, challenges the standard gene duplication/divergence model regarding the origin of evolutionary novelty. The abstract reports, All life depends on the biological information encoded in DNA with which to synthesize and regulate various peptide sequences required by an organism’s cells. Hence, an evolutionary model accounting for the diversity of life needs to Read More ›

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