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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, aliens, debate, inference to the best explanation, James Croft, motives, philosophers, reductio ad absurdum, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Substack, William A. Dembski}

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 13, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Read More ›

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Date
May 5, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Evolution News, friends, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, podcast, skeptics, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

How to Discuss Intelligent Design with Skeptics

_{Science & Culture
May 5, 2021

Intelligent Design

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There is so much misinformation about the theory of intelligent design that many well-intended people reject not the actual theory but a silly caricature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, biogeography, Charles Darwin, cladistics, conservatives, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's House of Cards, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, fossil record, friendship, Hebrew Bible, journalists, loyalty, materialism, National Review, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Richard Lenski, skeptics, thought, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe, William F. Buckley Jr., writing}

Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Science Reporting

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I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning "House of God." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 6, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular machines, polymerase, random mutation, science journals, Scientific American, skeptics, students}

Excerpt: Letter to the Journal of Chemical Education

_{Michael Behe
December 6, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Unlike philosophy journals — or high school newspapers — many science journals are unwilling to publish responses by people attacked in their pages. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, AIDS, babies, climate change, conception, Darwinists, DDT, eugenics, evolution, fossil fuels, gender, global warming, Jeffrey Epstein, life, malaria, materialism, men, Paul Ehrlich, polar bears, schools, scientists, skeptics, Steven Novella, women, Yale University}

Is Joe Blow “Anti-Intellectual”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 3, 2020

Evolution

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Joe wonders how a scientist could be so wrong and still keep his job. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 13, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Abraham Lincoln, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Barbara McClintock, Brooklyn College, central dogma, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian, Discovery Institute, Divine Foot, Douglas Futuyma, E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Francisco Ayala, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, James Shapiro, James Watson, jesus, Luther College, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, mental illness, Moses, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), North American Teilhard Society, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, skeptics, sociobiology, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, teleology, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, William Provine}

Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic

_{Robert Shedinger
January 13, 2020

Faith & Science

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As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, Bronx Zoo, evolution, Human Zoos, ID the Future, mainstream science, Michael Medved, missing links, Ota Benga, podcast, scientific racism, skeptics, slavery, St. Louis World's Fair}

Listen: Bought in a Slave Auction, Displayed as Evolutionary “Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 6, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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The association with “mainstream science” is often weaponized as a way of overawing us and persuading us to stop expecting answers to hard questions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, careerism, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, fact, free speech, gravity, Jay Richards, Jerry Coyne, John West, media, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Nathan Lents, natural selection, persecution, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Scientific Dissent from Darwin, scientists, skeptics}

Happy Darwin Day! Here’s a Video Introduction to Signers of Scientific Dissent from Darwin List

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2019

Evolution

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What do you give a great scientist for his birthday when he’s already got everything? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 6, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Reid, data, debate, EPA, evolution, inquiry, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), policy, science, skeptics, Wesley Smith}

Rigorous Inquiry and Ruffled Feathers

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 6, 2018

Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

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The NCSE is troubled, but this just sounds like solid science. I’m all for critical analysis of data, evaluating conclusions, and rigorous scientific inquiry. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 17, 2016

Categories
Scientific 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

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Science journalist John Horgan makes the great distinction between skepticism directed at "soft" versus "hard" targets. Read More ›