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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, beauty, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, gorillas, hierarchy, intelligent design, John Zmirak, teleology, The Stream, YouTube videos}

When Darwinism Reigns, “The Pyramid Is the Point”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution

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The Darwinian view encourages a way of interacting with others where the aim is to “humiliate [one’s] lesser brethren, just to remind them who’s boss.” Read More ›

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Date
January 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, animals, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Darwinian theory, ecosystems, foresight, fossil record, macroevolution, materialism, molecular machines, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, oxygen, pseudoscience, selection pressure, teleology, Thomas Malthus, University of Texas}

Can Natural Reward Theory Save Natural Selection?

_{Science & Culture
January 5, 2021

Evolution

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An evolutionist dismantles natural selection, then tries to rescue it with his own theory. It won’t work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, agnosticism, Aristotle, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, emergence, evolution, ID the Future, idealism, instinct, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutations, teleology}

An Intelligent Design Behind Consciousness — Or an Instinctive One?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Something immaterial can’t have an effect on the material realm, presumably, so how would it be selected as advantageous by Darwinian natural selection? Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, carbon, carbon-based life, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Michael Denton, organic chemistry, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, vitalism}

Epiphany — Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

_{Science & Culture
October 20, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Biologists once wondered about a “life force,” but Michael Denton sees intelligence in the design of carbon, its unique properties, and its relation to water. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
October 14, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Astrobiology Magazine, boron, carbon, Charles Darwin, earth, elements, fitness, intelligent design, life forms, molecules, purpose, scientific research, silicon, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell, The World of Life}

Excerpt — The Chosen Atom

_{Michael Denton
October 14, 2020

Biochemistry, Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Many have believed (and many still do believe) that Darwin drove teleology out of biology forever. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 29, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Cicero, common sense, cosmological argument, David Hume, Evolution News, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Barham, Jay Richards, metaethics, Michael Denton, natural theology, Plato, podcast, realism, Scotland, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell, University of Glasgow}

Thomas Reid — Recovering Another ID Ancestor

_{David Klinghoffer
September 29, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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“There’s little doubt in my mind that Reid if he were alive today would be part of the intelligent design movement.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 28, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, cosmic fine-tuning, first cell, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Denton, natural laws, planetary fine-tuning, primal blueprint, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell}

Denton “Takes the Fine-Tuning Argument to a Whole New Level”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 28, 2020

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Given a "primal blueprint" that preceded the first life, the solution can only be intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent evolution, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Peter Bowler, Social Darwinism, teleology, The World of Life, Tom Wolfe, University of Pennsylvania, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: “Recent Studies Have Vindicated Wallace” Over Darwin

_{Science & Culture
September 2, 2020

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anthropology, archeology, BioLogos, Brown University, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Modern Synthesis, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, teleology, The Descent of Man, The World of Life}

Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition

_{Science & Culture
August 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 14, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, bioengineering, chemicals, conformity, coronavirus, COVID-19, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, masks, morality, Racism, teleology, The Conversation, transhumanism}

“Morality Pills”: Ethicist Calls for Drugs to Solve COVID Non-Compliance

_{Richard Weikart
August 14, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Medicine

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Whatever one thinks about government mandates relating to the coronavirus, Parker Crutchfield’s “solution” is worse than the problem. Read More ›