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Date
March 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Columbia University, Darwinism, David Berlinski, evolution, Holocaust, human nature, Humanize, podcast, Princeton University, theoretical biology}

David Berlinski on Architectural Nihilism, Human Nature and the Holocaust, and Emotivism

_{Science & Culture
March 17, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy

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We live in intellectually mediocre times, when commitment to true debate has been replaced by a desire to stifle heterodox thought. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, criminal justice, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, environmentalism, George Gaylord Simpson, John Derbyshire, medicine, National Review, natural selection, Nobel laureates, Peter Singer, Princeton University, random mutations, religion, Wayne State University}

How Has Darwinism Negatively Impacted Society?

_{John G. West
January 11, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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The late Morris Goodman of Wayne State University argued that humans are “only slightly remodeled chimpanzee-like apes.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, “consensus science”, atheism, cognition, computer scientists, consciousness, Darwinism, David Gelernter, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Behe, mind, Mind and Cosmos, neo-Darwinian theory, philosophers, Princeton University, Public Discourse, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Nagel}

Little Book, Big Waves — Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos, Nine Years Later

_{David Klinghoffer
August 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As a colleague points out, Nagel's departure from the “right-thinking consensus” is on a par with David Gelernter’s 2019 farewell to Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bernard Carr, Cornell University, electromagnetic force, Harvard University, Higgs Boson, Jews, meaning, MIT, multiverse, New York City, Nobel Prize, particle physics, physicists, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theoretical physics, U.C. Berkeley, weak nuclear force}

Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse

_{Brian Miller
July 30, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, anthropologists, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, women}

Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

_{Michael Flannery
July 13, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution

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On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 24, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, anthropologists, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, women}

Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

_{Michael Flannery
May 24, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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On the book's 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", amino acids, biology textbooks, carbon, constraints, development, Drosophila, elements, embryology, Erika DeBenedictis, glycolysis, human genome, intelligent design, metabolism, Michael Denton, optimality, Princeton University, TEDx talk}

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

_{Emily Reeves
May 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, beak size, Charles Darwin, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, genera, macroevolution, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University, Sangeet Lamichhaney, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, species, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe}

Galápagos Finches — An “Exceptionally Strong Natural-Selection Event”?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 24, 2020

Evolution

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This is by no means an all-or-nothing selection (as the impression is sometimes given). Rather, the alleles are retained. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 5, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Against the Tide, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, debates, Evolution News, mathematician, Oxford University, Peter Singer, Princeton University, theaters, tickets, University of Utah, Veritas Forum, Zoom}

John Lennox: A Favorite Debate with the Atheists?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 5, 2020

Faith & Science

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"They were all different and and all interesting in different ways," says Professor Lennox. "I learned so much from them." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 20, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, authoritarianism, Bible, Christians, creationism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, Harvard University, homeschooling, Idaho, intelligent design, kids, Newspeak, North Carolina, parents, Princeton University, prison, public education, stereotyping, students}

Harvard Law Professor — Ban Homeschooling for “Question[ing] Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 20, 2020

Science Education

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Ban it for other things as well, says Professor Elizabeth Bartholet in a stunning article for Harvard Magazine. Read More ›