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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, correspondence, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, history, James Moore, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, United States}

Darwin and Agassiz: An Imaginary Picture

_{Robert Shedinger
March 18, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Given the close relationship Louis Agassiz shared with pro-slavery factions in the South, Desmond and Moore focus much on Darwin’s relationship with Agassiz. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, correspondence, cruelty, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, dehumanization, evolution, fact check, history, HMS Beagle, James Moore, newspapers, Racism, Robert Fitzroy, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, slaves}

Fact Check: Imagining Darwin’s Abolitionism

_{Robert Shedinger
March 17, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Desmond and Moore tell us that Darwin assured his sisters that his principles on slavery hadn’t changed despite spending five years living with Captain FitzRoy. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, common descent, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, historiography, history, HMS Beagle, human origins, James Moore, new york, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, Tierra del Fuego}

“Sacred Cause”? Reconsidering Charles Darwin as Abolitionist

_{Robert Shedinger
March 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I offer a series of posts here designed to lay out the evidence in detail. It is not merely that Desmond and Moore are selective in the sources they cite. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, American South, ants, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Connecticut, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, On the Origin of Species, race, Racism, scientific racism, slavery, Victorian England}

Origin of Species — A Safe Book in the South?

_{Robert Shedinger
September 28, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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We can assume that this writer would have been a Connecticut Yankee, a strong opponent of the South and slavery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agriculture, algorithms, antennae, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, aborigines, Africans, Americas, Australia, barbarians, blacks, cannibalism, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, gorilla, humans, Isaac Newton, On the Origin of Species, population, Racism, slaughter, slavery, Thomas Malthus, war, William Shakespeare, women}

Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

_{Richard Weikart
February 15, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, anthropologists, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, women}

Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

_{Michael Flannery
July 13, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution

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On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 12, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, Adrian Desmond, Africa, Allison Hopper, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Edinburgh, Emma Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Harriet Martineau, human origins, James Moore, Racism, slavery, slaves, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin

_{Robert Shedinger
July 12, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 24, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, anthropologists, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, women}

Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

_{Michael Flannery
May 24, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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On the book's 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, atheism, COVID-19, Down syndrome, eugenics, genocide, human life, morality, Richard Dawkins, slavery, suffering, Twitter, utilitarianism}

Dawkins: “Wise and Sensible” to Abort Babies with Down Syndrome

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

I have rarely seen a more vivid illustration of the lethal consequences of utilitarian thinking. Read More ›