Tag: The Kingdom of Speech

Silhouette of ape under a starry sky with trees framing the scene in a dark and dreamy setting

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, British Rationalist Association, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, evolution, False Messiah, Johann Gottfried Herder, John Keats, Judeo-Christian tradition, Noam Chomsky, Richard Barns, Richard Dawkins, Robert Ryan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Dawkins Proof for the Existence of God, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, The Selfish Gene, theism, There Is a God, Tom Wolfe, Über den Ursprung der Sprache, William Wordsworth, Woody Allen}

False Messiah: An Addendum on Darwin and Theism

_{Neil Thomas
October 22, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science

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The standpoint of poet John Keats is certainly gaining resonance in our doubt-ridden 21st century. I for one welcome its openness to questioning and wonder. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 18, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, apes, Big Bang, Bonfire of the Vanities, cosmogony, Genesis, Headlong Hall, homologies, ideology, language, Michelangelo’s David, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Noam Chomsky, Oxford English Dictionary, perverse incentives, phrenology, Richard Lewontin, Steady State, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Theory of Everything, Thomas Love Peacock, Tom Wolfe}

Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery

_{Neil Thomas
August 18, 2022

Cosmology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, human brain, neurons, neuroscience, speech, superpower, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

Yes, the Human Brain Is the Most Complex Thing in the Universe

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Our brains have actually shrunk by 10 percent over the last 40,000 years, coinciding with spectacular intellectual achievements. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
December 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Abrahamic faiths, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Antony Flew, Bonfire of the Vanities, brain, Charles Darwin, Church of England, Communism, Cristian Bandea, cytology, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Denis Diderot, East Germany, Erasmus Darwin, Eric Metaxas, evolution, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Noam Chomsky, Peter Singer, philosophes, religion, Stephen Meyer, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, The Return to the God Paradigm (series), Tom Wolfe, William Paley}

Toward a New Natural Theology

_{Neil Thomas
December 13, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Alfred Wallace was arguing his position from simple logic rather than on the authority of revelation from any of the Abrahamic faiths. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, faith, humanity, intelligent evolution, kin selection, Michelangelo’s David, natural selection, Pirahã people, speech, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Turkey}

Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith

_{Science and Culture
September 1, 2020

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 19, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, alt-right, bipedalism, Bronx Zoo, Discovery Institute, education, Galápagos Islands, Glenn Branch, human evolution, Human Zoos, humans, James Watson, John West, Mind and Cosmos, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Next Generation Science Standards, Ota Benga, phylogenetic trees, primates, public education, Sarah Chaffee, Texas, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe}

From The Atlantic on Teaching Human Evolution, a Bit of Rare Honesty in Reporting

_{David Klinghoffer
September 19, 2019

Biology, Science Education, Science Reporting

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With permission from John West and Sarah Chaffee, here is the full text of their interview with staff writer Olga Khazan. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 29, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, David Gelernter, evolution, intelligent design, speech, Stephen Meyer, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

The Dam Begins to Break: Gelernter’s Apostasy Attracts Mainstream Media Coverage

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 29, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Yale computer scientist Dave Gelernter’s recent public admission that he’s giving up Darwin continues to make waves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, CBS News, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Eric Metaxas, evolution, Free Science, free speech, intelligent design, peasants, political correctness, Socrates in the City, Spanish Inquisition, Stephen Meyer, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Kingdom of Speech, The New Yorker, Tom Wolfe}

#9 of Our Top Stories of 2018: On Evolution “Myth” and ID, Tom Wolfe Boldly Told the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
December 24, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He built up to his final act of treason against politically correct expectations with his last book, The Kingdom of Speech, a repudiation of Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, CBS News, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Eric Metaxas, evolution, Free Science, free speech, intelligent design, peasants, political correctness, Socrates in the City, Spanish Inquisition, Stephen Meyer, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Kingdom of Speech, The New Yorker, Tom Wolfe}

Farewell: On Evolution “Myth” and Intelligent Design, Tom Wolfe Boldly Told the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
May 15, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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He built up to his final act of treason against politically correct expectations with his last book, The Kingdom of Speech, a repudiation of Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 16, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, alpha male, Bernie Sanders, chimpanzees, common ancestry, dominance, Donald Trump, evolution, grooming, Hillary Clinton, North Korea, prestige, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

Evolutionary Psychologist Whips Trump with Chimp Alpha Male Theory

_{David Klinghoffer
October 16, 2017

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Unlike chemistry or physics, evolutionary biology is politically weaponized science. Read More ›