Tag: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Sanger, Michael Behe, New York Times, peer review, peer-reviewed literature, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument

_{Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 5, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Education
Tagged
, Australopithecines, biological origins, butterfly, California Science Center, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Christmas, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, free speech, French Revolution, Genetics (journal), Günter Bechly, human brains, human origins, Human Zoos, humans, intelligent design, Jeffrey Schwartz, John West, mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Niles Eldredge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Racism, Richard Sternberg, Rick Potts, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington DC, Zeus}

Visitor’s Guide: At Nation’s Natural History Museum, Misinformation on Human Origins, and More

_{Casey Luskin
October 5, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Education

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Mammalian fossil exhibits at the Smithsonian claim that humans and all mammals descended from the “first mammal," perhaps Morganucodon. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
January 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Zoology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Center for Science and Culture, coral, credentialism, doctorate, Drosophila melanogaster, evo-devo, evolution, genes, human origins, Illustra Media, intelligent design, invertebrates, jellyfish, Logan Gage, Nobel Prize, Nota Bene, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Roman Catholic, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, waiting-time problem, worms}

The Evolution of Dr. Ann Gauger

_{Stephen Dilley
January 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Zoology

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The year was 2004. Dr. Gauger’s scientific credentials had caught the eye of Stephen Meyer and he had invited her to come talk with him. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

6}

Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Darwinian theory, David Klinghoffer, debate, Douglas Axe, human life, ideology, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kevin Williamson, lawyers, Michael Behe, natural selection, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Research, science, Stephen Meyer, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Stifling the Intelligent Design Debate Is Bad Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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Kevin Williamson deploys an absurd reductionist construct of the ID field as consisting of ideological assertions by “lawyers” and “amateurs.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 20, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, courage, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, think tank}

What Discovery Institute Means to Me: A Reflection

_{Ann Gauger
December 20, 2018

Intelligent Design

2}

How interesting and how odd, I thought. I am in Seattle. But what’s a think tank that promotes intelligent design doing in Seattle? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Ann Gauger, climate change, Darwin's Doubt, debate, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Democrats, evolution, Free Science, global warming, Mordor, Neo-Darwinism, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Republicans, Richard Sternberg, science denial, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, survey}

Evolution and the “I Won’t Debate” Tactic

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 19, 2018

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

6}

If the future of science is really at risk, then surely not debating evolution is folly. Read More ›

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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 5, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, evolution, Free Science, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Martin Gaskell, National Museum of Natural History, New York Times, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Royal Society, Scott Minnich, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution, University of Idaho, University of Kentucky, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post}

New Website Advocates Free Science — An Idea Vital to the Progress of Knowledge

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 5, 2018

Scientific Freedom

5}

Let’s encourage dissent and embrace an authentically liberal approach to scientific inquiry. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 21, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambridge, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Evolution News, faith, Illustra Media, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nota Bene, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, providence, Research, Richard Sternberg, science, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wall Street Journal}

In This Season of Generosity, My Appeal to You

_{Ann Gauger
December 21, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

For those of you not familiar with the term, providence is the idea that things often seem to come together unlooked-for, as if by design. Read More ›