Tag: Philip Skell

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, agnostics, atheists, biologists, careers, complexity, Curtis Hrischuk, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, endowed by our creator, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary jargon, Gregory Reeves, human engineers, information, John West, living things, Michael Egnor, narrative gloss, natural selection, nature, neurosurgeon, organisms, Philip Skell, physics, Science and Culture Today, Stuart Burgess, transcendent intelligent source}

Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

_{Eric Hedin
March 18, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Physics

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Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African Savannah, behavior, cathedrals, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, David Barash, evolution, evolutionary psychology, genes, human origins, humans, intelligent design, just-so stories, Moon, museums, music, Oskar Schindler, Philip Skell, Pleistocene, Richard Dawkins, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2023

Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animals, anthropologists, anxiety, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, disease, evolution, evolutionary biologists, grief, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, narrative gloss, pain, Philip Skell, Psyche, The Scientist}

The Evolutionary Psychologist Will See You Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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It needs no wisdom to stamp “ANIMAL” on the sufferer’s forehead, any more than it does to stamp “DISEASED.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, antibiotics, creation myth, creationists, doctors, evolution, Evolution News, fairy tales, medical research, narrative gloss, Philip Skell, PZ Myers, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series), thought police}

Darwinian Biologist Notices that Evolution Is Irrelevant to Medical Research

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2020

Medicine

3}

Fairy tales about survival of survivors contribute nothing to medical research, or to any other research. Read More ›

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Date
December 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, bacteria, bats, behavior, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Darwinism, dolphins, echolocation, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Hippocratic Oath, homeostasis, Illustra Media, Immune System, Jerry Coyne, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Peter and Rosemary Grant, pharynx, Philip Skell, phylogeny, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Dawkins, turtles, whales}

No Harm, No Foul — What If Darwinism Were Excised from Biology?

_{Science & Culture
December 4, 2019

Evolution

10}

Considering several recent papers shows that eliminating evolutionary words and concepts simplifies and improves scientific explanations. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, cellular functions, chromosomes, common ancestry, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, ERVs, evolution, Evolution News, gene regulatory networks, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature Genetics, Nature Reviews Genetics, neo-Darwinian theory, Philip Skell, primates, Research, synteny, The Scientist, transposable elements}

Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”

_{Casey Luskin
September 9, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Aristotle, Christians, evolutionary theory, Galen, Harvard University, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, macroevolution, microevolution, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Philip Skell, pilgrimage, Poland, tautology, taxonomy, The Descent of Man, thomas}

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

_{Michael Egnor
August 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution

5}

Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, atheism, BIO-Complexity, bioengineering, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, pesticides, Philip Skell, Richard Lewontin, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

_{Jonathan Witt
August 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 13, 2017

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", altruism, apes, brain, Darwinism, Discovering Intelligent Design, E.O. Wilson, Fire-Maker, fossil record, Francis Collins, Holocaust, human origins, ID's Top Six, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Michael Ruse, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Science and Human Origins, Wesley J. Smith}

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Humans

_{Casey Luskin
November 13, 2017

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

10}

There are many aspects of humanity that point to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, narrative gloss, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, University of New South Wales}

Evolution and Education — The Evolution Institute Weighs In

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education

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Education functions best when we focus not on soliciting student agreement or buy-in to a rigid creed, but rather on stimulating the critical faculties. Read More ›