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

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

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

On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›
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Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

On the book's 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›
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Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

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

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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John Lennox: A Favorite Debate with the Atheists?

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

Ban it for other things as well, says Professor Elizabeth Bartholet in a stunning article for Harvard Magazine. Read More ›
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“Fearless”: Princeton Mathematician Sergiu Klainerman on Berlinski’s Human Nature

“The man is fearless in pursuing lines of reasoning that are considered taboo by current standards.” Read More ›
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Physics Nobel Prize Invites Snark from the Anti-ID Peanut Gallery

Insofar as Peebles’s work helps to strengthen the evidence for a cosmic beginning, it is actually part of the argument for intelligent design. Read More ›

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