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Larry Sanger at Discovery Institute's 2024 COSM Technology Summit
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Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Intelligent Design and His Conversion to Christianity

Sanger was content with his agnosticism until a student posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature. Read More ›
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Pope Francis, Evolution, and the Curia

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is “just another office down the street,” as one Vatican insider told me. Read More ›
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Meaning and Purpose from a Darwinian Process?

Dr. Emily Reeves looks at the top sources of meaning in life, including religion, relationships, and work, and evaluates the evolutionary view of each.  Read More ›
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“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environmental Science Less Scientific

Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture. Read More ›
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Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility

Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions. Read More ›
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The End of the Machine Metaphor? 

Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›
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Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screenshot).

In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›
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Sorry, Dr. Coyne: There Is No Religion-Science Conflict

I dare say that Michael Behe has had a far greater influence on the field of evolutionary biology than Jerry Coyne has. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Did Belief in God Make Modern Science Possible?

Dr. Meyer explains the difference between mathematical information, or Shannon information, and specified information, a more meaningful type of information. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›

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