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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, 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
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, __cedited, "God of the gaps", A. N. Wilson, BioLogos, book review, 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, Response to Criticism, 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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Author
Matti Leisola

Date
February 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, 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 ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Alex Berezow, Alexa, Amazon, Censor of the Year, censorship, Facebook, fake news, free speech, Günter Bechly, Haaretz, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger, methodological naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, Panda's Thumb, Real Clear Science, Thomas Nagel, Twitter, Walter Bradley}

Happy Darwin Day! Our 2018 Censor of the Year Is Wikipedia

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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As Darwin himself said, in a scientific context, “A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.” Read More ›

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Date
January 8, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, algae, biofilm, Biomimetics, echolocation, flagellum, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Living Waters, National Geographic, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Thomas Nagel}

Bats, Algae, Beetles, Turtles: Cool Design Tricks from Nature

_{Science & Culture
January 8, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Almost every phylum of life provides inspiration for engineers and inventors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 22, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ball State University, biochemist, censorship, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute, evolution, football, Germany, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Israel, John West, lipids, Michael Behe, New York University, PJ Media, Royal Society, Smithsonian, Stephen Meyer, Stuttgart, Thomas Nagel, Tyler O’Neil, Wikipedia}

Major Report from PJ Media — Erasing Bechly from Wikipedia Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

_{David Klinghoffer
November 22, 2017

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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Football players have a lot more freedom to share their controversial views than scientists do. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2017

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Censor of the Year, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, Donald Trump, Eric Hedin, football, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, lipids, National Museum of Natural History, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian, Thomas Nagel, Victor Davis Hanson}

Freedom on the Football Field – How About in the Science Lab?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2017

Scientific Freedom

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The scientific “consensus” has immeasurably more power to coerce and silence, and on matters of far greater importance, than the President of the United States does. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __cedited, A. N. Wilson, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, David Berlinski, Douglas Axe, eugenics, evolution, Galápagos finches, history, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, On the Origin of Species, Stephen Meyer, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Nagel, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe}

A.N. Wilson in The Times – Against Darwinist Absolutism

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2017

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Wilson's forthcoming biography appears to be part of a larger rethink of evolution that is bubbling away in a variety of areas. Read More ›

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Date
May 10, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
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, __cedited, astrobiology, David Klinghoffer, Geraint Lewis, intelligent design, Lee Cronin, Mars, SETI, Thomas Nagel, University of Glasgow, University of Sydney, Venus}

Recognizing Life Is Different from Natural Processes, Science Balances on the Edge of ID

_{Science & Culture
May 10, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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Scientific materialists must live in a state of cognitive dissonance. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 14, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __tedited, consciousness, Darwinism as religion, human mind, Michael Ruse, Mind and Cosmos, misrepresentation, New Atheists, nihilism, self-awareness, straw man, Thomas Nagel}

Roasting a Straw Man: Evolutionist Michael Ruse on Thomas Nagel

_{Jonathan Witt
October 14, 2016

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Trustworthiness

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You're driving along and notice that a bright philosopher has just mangled beyond recognition the argument of another bright philosopher. Read More ›