Tag: Scopes trial

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 18, 2025

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, American Scientist, avida, Caucasians, creationists, Dover trial, education, Edwards v. Aguillard, Ethiopian, Eugenie Scott, genetic algorithms, intelligent design, iron ore, Jay Wexler, Kitzmiller v. Dover, law, methodological naturalism, Michigan State University, natural, NOMA, Of Pandas and People, philosophers, Robert Pennock, Scopes trial, Stephen Jay Gould, supernatural, Supreme Court, terminology, Winston Ewert, Young Earth Creationism}

On Scopes and Dover Trials, Philosopher Robert Pennock Twists History and Science

_{Casey Luskin and John Bloom
December 18, 2025

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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There is no reason for Pennock’s rule other than to short-circuit the origins debate and rule intelligent design out-of-court without addressing the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, Darwin lobby, Discovery Institute, Dover, Dover School Board, education, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, plaintiffs, Scopes trial, Scott Minnich, Seth Cooper, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Judge Jones lumped Dover’s policy with the intelligent design movement, as if they were inextricably linked. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, creationists, Darwin-skeptics, David Hullender, engineered systems, evolution, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Olen Brown, peer review, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Quillette, Richard Dawkins, Scopes trial, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Missouri, University of Texas at Arlington, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance

_{Casey Luskin
September 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ACLU, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, biology, Clarence Darrow, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Father Martin Hilbert, Georges Lemaître, intelligent design, New York Times, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, Scopes trial}

National Catholic Register: Father Hilbert “Would Have Won the Argument with Darrow”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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For Catholics (and others) interested in the subject, Father de Souza has a book recommendation from Discovery Institute Press. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Dayton, drinking, eating, Ernest Hemingway, Evangelical Christians, fishing, Günter Bechly, headlines, Jews, John Scopes, journalism, newspapers, paleontologists, Paris, Princeton University, Scopes trial, Spain, William Jennings Bryan}

Hemingway and the Scopes Trial

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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William Jennings Bryan had a hard time coming up with expert scientific witnesses who were dubious of Darwinian theory. He wouldn’t now. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Bible, Casey Luskin, censorship, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Dayton, Democrats, Edward Larson, freedom, fundamentalists, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Holocaust, Human Zoos, Icons of Evolution, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Wells, Phillip E. Johnson, Scopes trial, Social Darwinism, Summer for the Gods, Supreme Court, The Daily Wire, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, Zombie Science}

Inhibit the Mind? Scopes Revisionism Can End

_{David Coppedge
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The centennial of the Scopes Trial is a good time to set the record straight. Here’s a way to turn the tables on the stereotype. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Francis Galton, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Inherit the Wind, John Scopes, John West, Origin of Species, science and religion, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists}

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

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July 7, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›