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S. Joshua Swamidass

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Photo: Depiction of Homo heidelbergensis, Natural History Museum, London, by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›
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Photo: Basement of Cupples Hall, Washington University, by John West.

Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›
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Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›
Bechly and Swamidass
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An ID Debate: Joshua Swamidass and Günter Bechly

Joshua Swamidass is a computational biologist at Washington University in Saint Louis who says ID may or may not be true in some part of what it affirms. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Photo: Günter Bechly at the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart, via Discovery Institute.

To an Italian ID Group, Günter Bechly Explains His Remarkable Journey

Having opened his mind to the possibility of design, Dr. Bechly saw it everywhere. Read More ›
Bechly and Swamidass
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Watch: Bechly and Swamidass Debate Intelligent Design

One highlight is Dr. Bechly’s summation of his scientific reasons for affirming intelligent design. This produces the response from host Justin Brierley: “Wow.” Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass
Photo: Joshua Swamidass, by J. Nathan Matias, via Flickr (cropped).

Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

The only way to truth in science is to permit and even encourage challenges to orthodoxy. Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass
Photo: Joshua Swamidass, by J. Nathan Matias, via Flickr (cropped).

In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›
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#7 Story of 2020: Darwin Is on the Roof

Books by Behe, and other ID theorists doing an independent of audit of evolutionary thinking, find devastating faults in the theory. Read More ›
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Photo: Clockwise from top left, Justin Brierley, Joshua Swamidass, and Michael Behe (screenshot).

The Myth of Behe “Refuted”

Once again, Darwinists seek to avoid an argument by using clever talk, giving the false impression of a scientist, Behe, who brushes away challenges. Read More ›

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