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Photo: Clockwise from top left, Justin Brierley, Joshua Swamidass, and Michael Behe (screenshot).

A Physician Describes How Behe, and Intelligent Design, Changed His Mind

There’s no better tribute to the power of ideas than a changed mind. Erik Strandness is a physician in Spokane, WA, practicing neonatal medicine. Read More ›
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Darwin Is on the Roof — New Book from Michael Behe, Available Now

The public is being prepared very slowly for the demise of Darwinian evolutionary theory. It wasn’t planned this way, but it is how things are playing out. Read More ›
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Photo: Franz Kafka, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Read More ›
The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo Tintoretto
The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo Tintoretto
Image: The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo, by Jacopo Tintoretto / Public domain

On the Swamidass Hypothesis — The Cheese Stands Alone

We have a lonely hypothesis standing by itself in the center of the room, which no one, including its author, will own as true. Read More ›
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Paul Nelson
Photo: Paul Nelson, by Nathan Jacobson.

I Beg Your Pardon? More on “Mainstream Science”

Does philosopher of biology Paul Nelson reject “mainstream science”? Of course he does not. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Adam and Eve and “Mainstream Science”

“The category ‘mainstream science’ sounds plausibly neutral, capturing the sort of objective knowledge to which any well-educated adult should assent.” Read More ›
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Retirement ≠ Repudiation

My position here hasn’t changed. I’ve beefed up specified complexity and developed it further over the years. Read More ›
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Josh Swamidass on Artificial Intelligence at the University of Washington

I have to admit the event was kind of dull compared with the Behe debate. But Josh gave a nice presentation with AI/consciousness basics. Read More ›

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