Tag: PZ Myers

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 9, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, bacteria, Camp Mystic, campers, counsellors, Darwinism, David Bentley Hart, evil, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, good, Gottfried Leibnitz, group selection, innocent suffering, Ivan Karamazov, kin selection, Lisbon earthquake, mourning, natural selection, PZ Myers, reciprocal altruism, summer camp, The Doors of the Sea, theodicy, Voltaire}

The Challenge to Darwinism from Camp Mystic

_{Michael Egnor
July 9, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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One of the most tragic events I can remember happened this July 4th — a flash flood killed nearly 200 people, 27 of whom were children and staff at Camp Mystic. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jeff Tomkins, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Robert Laughlin, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
December 31, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Douglas Axe, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheists, Normal Science, panpsychism, paradigm shift, post-truth, Professor Dave, PZ Myers, religious right, Royal Society, Sam Harris, scientism, spiritualism, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution, tipping point, vitalism, Zeitgeist}

Is This a Paradigm Shift?

_{Daniel Witt
August 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Robert Laughlin, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
February 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, academic freedom, Amazon, beak, cephalopod, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, dissidents, Donald Prothero, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, Mark McMenamin, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, paleontologist, peer-reviewed journals, PZ Myers, Stephen Meyer, suckers, Switzerland, tentacles, thought police, vertebrae}

Fossil Friday: Triassic Kraken Hypothesis Provoked Scornful Darwinist Revenge

_{Günter Bechly
November 3, 2023

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

9}

Instead of a reasonable and fair scientific debate, McMenamin’s hypothesis has been ridiculed by other scientists and science journalists. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 20, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, Darwinian mechanisms, Darwinian processes, Denyse O'Leary, evolution, free will, information, Justine Sergent, logic, McGill University, mind, neuroscience, patients, Pharyngula, PZ Myers, Roger Sperry, split brain, The Human Soul, Yair Pinto}

My Question for P. Z. Myers: How Did Human Consciousness “Evolve”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 20, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

5}

Human consciousness entails a unique ability to think abstractly — to reason, to think logically, to use language, to do mathematics, to exercise free will. Read More ›

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Author
David Swift

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, biologists, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, common descent, complexity, embryo, embryonic development, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary processes, evolutionists, fish, gastrulation, homology, mammals, mutations, natural selection, PZ Myers, reptiles, Rudolf Raff, vertebrates}

Will Evolutionists Ever Take Falsification Seriously? A Response to P. Z. Myers

_{David Swift
March 30, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences

6}

Can there be a better example of trying to argue that whatever the evidence, evolution is the answer? Read More ›

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Date
October 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, David Deamer, evidence, evolution, fossil record, neo-Darwinian theory, PZ Myers, Stated Clearly, The Material Basis of Evolution, Third Way, Twitter, YouTube videos}

An Evolutionist Searches for Missing Evidence

_{Science and Culture
October 28, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

Jon Perry is a filmmaker and science educator who produces educational videos for the YouTube channel Stated Clearly. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, evil, genocide, Moral Law, morals, Ontological Argument, preferences, PZ Myers, taste}

Atheists Who Scold Us on Morality Unwittingly Acknowledge God’s Existence

_{Michael Egnor
September 13, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Epistemology, Faith & Science

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Actually, Christians don’t ask, “Where do your morals come from?” in order to call atheists evil. Read More ›