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The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith

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Axe’s Not-So-Secret Guide to Making Cookies and Dragonflies

Why do so many academic biologists and other scholars resist the design implications of Doug Axe’s research? Read More ›
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Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Psychology: When We Looked In, No One Was There

Because minds don’t fossilize, anything we think we know about the minds of putative prehumans is speculation. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Psychology: Checkered Past, Checkered Present

If we want to effectively explain human behavior in all its messy richness, we would do well to look beyond this box of just-so stories. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: Why Intelligent Design Is Worth Defending

Is intelligent design true? And is it worth expending the energy to defend it against powerful opposition? Read More ›
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Meyer, Hedin, Dembski, Luskin Shine in World Magazine Book of the Year Awards

Dr. Meyer isn’t merely tearing down a competing, nihilistic picture of reality, but instead revealing the positive, meaningful one toward which science increasingly directs our attention. Read More ›
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Photo: Bill Nye and the March for Science, by Paul and Cathy / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

Richard Weikart: The Dark Side of Science

March for science, you say? Follow the science? Listen to the scientists? Perhaps first ask "What science?" and "What scientists?" Read More ›
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Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience

Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind.  Read More ›
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How Rainbows Unlocked the Universe

Rainbows have long been a rich and powerful symbol, from the Scriptural account of the aftermath of the flood to today’s progressive sexual agenda. Read More ›
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Do We Live on a Privileged Planet?

Yes, rainbows are beautiful, but are they good for anything? Indeed, they have been very important for science. Read More ›
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Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind

We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces. Read More ›

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