seattle-fireworks-stockpack-adobe-stock-320771998-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 1, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference Casey Luskin January 1, 2026 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 7 This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›
2001-chimp-obelisk-2400x1345 Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 20, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA Casey Luskin May 20, 2025 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 7 This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›
Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date February 2, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, books, promotions, science journalism See the Trailer Now — Meet Tom Bethell, Author of Darwin’s House of Cards Jonathan Witt February 2, 2017 Evolution, Intelligent Design 2 As Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard says, Bethell "writes like a dream," which captures my sentiment. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 16, 2016 CategoriesFoundations Tagged , __tedited, science journalism, scientism, sophistry, trust in scientists Science, Scientism, and the “Intellectual Yet Idiot” David Klinghoffer September 16, 2016 Foundations 4 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, of Black Swan fame, offers a wonderful and insightful tirade. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 5, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionScientific Freedom Tagged , __tedited, censorship, controversy, dissent, Laurence Moran, Neo-Darwinism, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, paradigm shift, polls, public opinion, Royal Society, science journalism, viewpoint discrimination Scientists Versus the Public on Airing Scientific Dissent David Klinghoffer July 5, 2016 Evolution, Scientific Freedom 5 A biologist suggests that the upcoming Royal Society meeting might well be canceled rather than open a "can of worms." Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 17, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, creationism, critics, hype, John Horgan, multiverse theory, peer-reviewed, pseudoscience, science journalism, Scientific American, simulation, skepticism, skeptics, straw man, string theory, tribal affiliation Two Kinds of Science “Skepticism” David Klinghoffer May 17, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 5 Science journalist John Horgan makes the great distinction between skepticism directed at "soft" versus "hard" targets. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Behe Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, adaptive mutations, Barry Hall, citrate, contingency, dishonesty, E. coli, Elizabeth Pennisi, epigenetic change, genetic changes, hype, loss-of-function mutations, LTEE, media, motivated reasoning, peer review, public opinion, Richard Lenski, science journalism, Science News, science reporting, Scott Minnich, speciation Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated Michael Behe May 12, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Science Reporting 8 For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks. Read More ›
