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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Discovery Institute, genetic code, Jonathan Wells, LUCA, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, universal common descent, Zombie Science (book)}

Intelligent Design and Common Descent

_{Ann Gauger
November 1, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A reader asks, “I was just wondering why some fellows at Discovery believe in ID but still hold to common descent.“ Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
October 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptation, Bret Weinstein, Chicago, Darwinian theory, Evergreen State College, evolution, genocide, George Williams, Mother Nature, natural selection, religion, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, values}

Richard Dawkins as Reluctant Darwinian

_{Paul Nelson
October 29, 2018

Evolution

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At a debate in Chicago between Dawkins and Bret Weinstein, I witnessed something that I never thought I’d see. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, annelids, arthropods, bird feathers, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cancer theory, causation, Charles Marshall, chordates, clades, compound eyes, correlation, Günter Bechly, insects, mammals, mollusks, Neo-Darwinism, oxygen theory, Richard Dawkins, slime theory, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, University of Bristol}

Ignoring Other Research, New Study Explains (Away) the Origin of New Body Plans

_{Günter Bechly
September 12, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Recently, a team of British paleontologists added a new pseudo-explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 24, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, BioLogos, Christians, deism, design detection, evolution, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Francisco Ayala, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Peaceful Science, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, The Blind Watchmaker, The Language of God, theistic evolution, theology, Washington University}

Answering Joshua Swamidass: What Do Theistic Evolutionists Believe?

_{Ann Gauger
August 24, 2018

Faith & Science

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There are innumerable descriptions and definitions of theistic evolution. How things are phrased matters a lot. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animal breeding, architect, beauty, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, evolution, intelligent evolution, Jerry Fodor, Joseph Hooker, Man’s Place in the Universe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Sarawak Law, sexual selection, teleology, teleonomy, The World of Life, William Paley, William Whewell}

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

_{Michael Flannery
August 14, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In an excerpt from his new book, Professor Flannery identifies Darwin's principal failing in developing his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, finch beaks, Georgia, Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Next Generation Science Standards, public education, religion, Richard Dawkins, science, Scientific American, teachers, theology, vestigial structures}

Using Religion to Push Evolution in Public School Biology Class — What Could Go Wrong?

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 7, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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A much better approach would be no religion in biology class, and more science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", brain, dysteleology, engineer, evolution, fish, gills, Giraffe, heart, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, podcast, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Richard Dawkins, tetrapods, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe}

Giraffe Weekend: The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Darwinists have called it one of “nature’s worst designs,” “obviously a ridiculous detour,” asserting that “no engineer would ever make a mistake like that.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", biology textbooks, evolution, Giraffe, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, neck, podcast, Richard Dawkins, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Giraffe Weekend: “You Cannot Simply Stretch out the Neck”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The giraffe is one of those all-star icons of evolution, familiar from textbook covers, that falls apart on closer inspection. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", arXiv, evolution, human eye, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, light, Nathan Lents, observer, photon, quantum mechanics, Research, Richard Dawkins, vision, Zombie Science (book), zombies}

Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics

_{David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution? Read More ›