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Author
Michael Behe

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, Charles Darwin, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, infanticide, J.B.S. Haldane, Jerry Coyne, John Maynard Smith, Joseph Stalin, National Review, Northwestern University, On the Origin of Species, Politics, Razib Khan, Richard Lenski, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker}

Déjà Vu at National Review

_{Michael Behe
May 14, 2019

Biology, Science Reporting

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Some guy once wrote that there’s nothing new under the sun. He must have had political conservatives’ pro-Darwin arguments in mind. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, chloroquine resistance, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Futuyma, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Genetics (journal), Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicholas Matzke, oocyte, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution}

From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2019

Evolution

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Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Archaeopteryx, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, Darwinian theory, empirical science, Ernst Haeckel, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Gerd Müller, macroevolution, materialism, methodological naturalism, microevolution, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Newtonian mechanics, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Royal Society, Stephen Jay Gould, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie Science: Darwin’s Theory Feeds on Raw Materialism

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2018

Evolution

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Most of us think of science as the enterprise of seeking truth by formulating hypotheses and testing them against the evidence. This is empirical science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Chaberek

Date
May 14, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Aquinas and Evolution, Aristotle, Bible, causation, creation, devolution, evolution, faith and science, form, macroevolution, Public Discourse, revelation, species, Stephen Jay Gould, Summa Theologica, theistic evolution, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

The Five Arguments Stand: Response to a Critic on Aquinas and Evolution

_{Michael Chaberek, O.P.
May 14, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science

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In my book, I argue that Thomas Aquinas’ teaching cannot be reconciled with theistic evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ann Gauger, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Premack, fossil record, intelligent evolution, J. Scott Turner, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Neo-Darwinism, Purpose and Desire, Quarterly Review of Biology, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Human Instinct, Thomas Nagel, Wendell Berry}

Kudzu Science: Ken Miller’s The Human Instinct

_{Michael Flannery
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Miller is one of those “settled science” bullies. Here he sets his sights on essayist Marilynne Robinson. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, arthropods, circadian rhythms, cladistics, common descent, crustaceans, Current Biology, Devonian Period, evolutionists, frogs, homology, homoplasy, lizards, Paleozoic, pseudogenes, Simon Conway Morris, sleep, Stephen Jay Gould, tetrapods, University of Tübingen, vertebrates, Willi Hennig}

Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy

_{Günter Bechly
April 23, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome. Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, Darwin's House of Cards, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Karl Popper, Matti Leisola, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Norman Macbeth, phlogiston, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Tom Bethell, Undeniable (book), W. Ford Doolittle, Zombie Science (book)}

Four Darwin Heretics: A Reader’s Roundup

_{Science & Culture
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When you read Matti Leispola’s account of his adventures with a persecuted enclave of Darwin skeptics, you’ll understand why he has a smile on his face. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, Brownian motion, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinists, defining terms, Dickinsonia, fossil record, magical thinking, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Neil Shubin, Niles Eldredge, Paul Chien, PNAS, punctuated equilibria, punctuated equilibrium, Stephen Jay Gould, University of Vienna, Yale University}

Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical

_{Science & Culture
November 16, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 8, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, convergence, Ernst Mayr, evolution, falsification, fitness landscape, intelligent design, Michael Denton, proteins, Stephen Jay Gould, Theodosius Dobzhansky, University of Oregon, Victor Stenger}

Protein Mutations Are Highly Coupled

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 8, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is a clear falsification of an evolutionary expectation expressed across many years, and widely held by a consensus of experts. Read More ›