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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, electromagnetic wave, evolution, Evolution: A Theory is Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, DNA, evolution, evolutionary theory, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Latin America, LUCA, molecular sequences, molecular studies, Research, RNA, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Tree of Life}

Troubles with the Tree of Life

_{Mike Keas and Paul Nelson
May 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, evolution, freedom of conscience, Great Britain, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), intelligent design, nature, paradigm shift, Paul Davies, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, The Mind of God, Thomas Kuhn, United States, Unmoved Mover}

Intelligent Design and Natural Theology

_{Neil Thomas
November 12, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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How just is the imputation of “neo-creationist” tendencies to members of the intelligent design community? Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Holden, scientific evidence, scientific revolutions, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, William A. Dembski}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Science and Culture
October 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science

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Biologist Jonathan Wells contends that modern evolutionary theory is a current instance of a dominant paradigm in crisis. Read More ›

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Date
February 10, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, scientific revolutions, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Jonathan Wells: Scientific Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions

_{Science and Culture
February 10, 2021

Biology, Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Thomas Kuhn argued from the history of science that reigning scientific paradigms do not give way gently and rationally before new and conflicting evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Alfred Tennyson, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, élan vital, evolution, evolutionary biology, Galileo Galilei, Genetics (journal), George Bernard Shaw, George Eliot, Harvard School of Public Health, heliocentric model, Henri Bergson, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Cairns, Joseph Conrad, Karl Marx, Max Delbrück, Nicolaus Copernicus, Peter Bowler, Ptolemaic system, randomness, religion, Salvador Luria, Sigmund Freud, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Kuhn}

The Triumphalism of Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2020

Evolution, Science Education

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The oversimplification here is staggering (Darwin and women’s rights?!) and would take an entire book to unpack. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 17, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cell phone, evolutionists, federal courts, geometry, hydrolysis, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, National Academy of Sciences, Naturalistic Parabola, On the Origin of Species, parabola, paradigm, proteins, San Francisco, Sisyphus, Thomas Kuhn}

Trapped in the Naturalistic Parabola

_{Paul Nelson
June 17, 2020

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You may have noticed a strange loop which arises spontaneously in many sectors of the intelligent design debate. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 6, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Adolf Grünbaum, Arthur Schopenhauer, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Carnegie Mellon University, Cologne, depression, German, Germany, intelligent design, Jews, Joseph Stalin, Kristallnacht, National Academy of Sciences, Nazis, Protestants, Richard Feynman, Roman Catholic, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Kuhn, U.S. Army, University of Pittsburgh, Vishnu, Wesleyan University, Yale University}

Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)

_{Paul Nelson
April 6, 2020

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

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How an atheist philosopher of science mentored an intelligent design theorist. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 7, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, Annual Review of Genetics, Cell (journal), CRISPR, DNA, evolutionists, Francisco Ayala, functionality, gene duplication, HBBP1, junk DNA, MicroRNAs, mutations, Nature Reviews Genetics, proteins, pseudogenes, RNA, Seth W. Cheetham, terminology, Thomas Kuhn, transcription, Xenopus laevis}

Nature Reviews Genetics — Pseudogene Function Is “Prematurely Dismissed”

_{Casey Luskin
January 7, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Technology

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As Seth W. Cheetham and his co-authors put it, biology suffers from “demotivation into exploring pseudogene function by the a priori assumption that they are functionless.” Read More ›

Students and teacher in a computer classroom.

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 2, 2019

Categories
Metascience
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, accuracy, Discovery Institute, diversity, doubt, education, evolutionary theory, Nature (journal), openness, post-trust, post-truth, science denial, science education, Science Education Policy, scientific inquiry, scientific reliability, scientists, strengths and weaknesses, Thomas Kuhn, United Kingdom}

Breakthrough? Nature Calls for Openness in Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 2, 2019

Metascience, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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“Diversity and doubt produce creativity; we must make room for them,” according to Jerry Ravetz. Read More ›