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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 22, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, devolution, Discovery Institute, educators, evolutionary theory, Facebook, genes, genetic information, Google, Günter Bechly, HarperOne, Instagram, intelligent design, Lehigh University, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, polar bears, scientists, social media, Twitter, young people}

For #GivingTuesday, Help Michael Behe Demonstrate that Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan Witt
November 22, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In the first chapter, Behe the Darwin skeptic throws a curve ball. The neo-Darwinian mechanism did create the polar bear from the brown bear, he announces. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CRISPR, human history, laboratory, laws, mice, regulations, scientists}

With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 12, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations. 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
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, __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
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Technology
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, __k-review, assumptions, human beings, human dignity, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, methodological naturalism, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, Rabbi Moshe Averick, scientists, Stephen Hawking}

Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham

_{David Klinghoffer
September 20, 2018

Evolution, Philosophy, Technology

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Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, cosmos, Darwin lobby, evolution, fact, friends, hypothesis, Kirk Fitzhugh, Michael Ruse, rhetoric, science, scientists, terminology, theory}

Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2018

Evolution

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The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, bioengineering, blood vessels, computers, euthanasia, George W. Bush, hearts, Human, kidneys, lungs, organ transplant, pigs, Research, rodents, Science News, scientists, stem cells, United States}

Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, anniversary, Charles Darwin, creationists, Darwinists, Democrats, education, evidence, fundamentalists, ID the Future, John West, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, podcast, science, science denial, scientists, stereotypes, Zack Kopplin}

West: Louisiana Science Education Act Is Important as a “Stereotype Breaker”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Evolution, Science Education

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It was a turning point in the effort to secure academic freedom for science teachers. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, berkeley, California, civilization, climate change, debate, economics, fiction, global warming, Mordor, prosperity, Scientific American, scientists}

The “I Won’t Debate” Tactic

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2018

Science Reporting

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Good grief, if we face total calamity by the end of the century, why in the world wouldn’t you debate the science? Read More ›

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Date
June 25, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Zoology
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, anniversary, Cambrian Explosion, education, evolutionary theory, fossils, Free Science, ID the Future, intelligent design, legislation, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Sarah Chaffee, science, science standards, scientists}

Listen: Wade Warren on 10th Anniversary of LSEA

_{Science & Culture
June 25, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Zoology

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The LSEA gave teachers freedom to teach about both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, author, Bruce Chapman, controversy, Darwinists, debate, Discovery Institute, George Gilder, Harvard University, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Medved, Politicians, scientists, Seattle, Steve Buri}

Congratulations to Bruce Chapman, “Godfather” of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2018

Intelligent Design

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In his new book he discusses some of the overlooked virtues of politicians, and asks, in one chapter, “What Makes a Politician Good?” Read More ›