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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 13, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Shapiro, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, Dennis Prager, intellectuals, journalists, Thomas Nagel, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe, Yale University}

Before Gelernter, Wolfe, Shapiro, Prager, Nagel, Et Al., There Was Iconoclast Tom Bethell

_{David Klinghoffer
October 13, 2019

Biology, Evolution

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Watch this short feature on Bethell, “Iconoclast: One Journalist’s Odyssey Through the Darwin Debates.” 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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Date
September 12, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Biston betularia, calcium carbonate, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, camouflage, caterpillars, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Galápagos Islands, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Lund University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, peppered moths, Sweden, Thomas Nagel, trilobites, Zombie Science (book)}

Peppered Moths and More: Intelligent Design Takes Ownership of Evolution Icons

_{Science & Culture
September 12, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Darwinians never had a rightful claim to them in the first place. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Ben Shapiro, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Prager, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Judaism, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, Paul Nelson, Richard Lenski, Stephen Meyer, The Claremont Review of Books, The Deniable Darwin, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe, Yale University}

Yale’s David Gelernter: Darwin’s Doubt Is “One of the Most Important Books in a Generation”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2019

Evolution

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He credits reading Meyer’s book as the primary cause of his rejecting neo-Darwinian evolution, a “brilliant and beautiful scientific theory” now overtaken by science. Read More ›

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Date
April 11, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, aesthetics, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Elliott Sober, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Karl Popper, materialists, methodological naturalism, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Nature (journal), Phillip E. Johnson, philosophers, PNAS, science, selection, Summer Seminars, theory of mind, Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Nagel, William Whewell}

Philosophers Want Back into Science

_{Science & Culture
April 11, 2019

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, bread, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania}

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

_{Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 5, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Charles Darwin, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement}

Nine Years Later, Meyer’s Signature in the Cell Still Stirs Readers’ Praise, Wrath

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 5, 2018

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Some books continue to be read long after the hype of their release has passed. These books contain compelling ideas and stories that speak to our humanity and inspire us to seek out the truth. 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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Date
April 20, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", A. N. Wilson, BioLogos, Brian Josephson, C.S. Lewis, Cambrian News, Charles Townes, Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Venema, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, Greg Cootsona, Irreducible Complexity, Jim Stump, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Morse code, No Free Lunch, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe, William A. Dembski}

InterVarsity Press Stumbles with Sloppy Anti-ID Book by BioLogos Advisor Greg Cootsona

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Can we be frank? Cootsona’s treatment of ID is pathetic. As “scholarship,” it’s embarrassing. Read More ›

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Date
February 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Antony Flew, atheism, bad design, Darwinism, evolution, Finland, Heretic, human eye, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, religion, Richard Dawkins, science, The God Delusion, theism, theology, Thomas Nagel, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

A Heretical Bioengineer Asks: What Do the Darwinists Have to Hide?

_{Matti Leisola and Jonathan Witt
February 14, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They argue our eyes are wired “backward,” a jerry-rigged fix compliments of blind evolution. But we now know that “backward wiring” actually improves oxygen flow. Read More ›