Tag: Tom Wolfe | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
December 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Antony Flew, brain, Charles Darwin, Church of England, Communism, Cristian Bandea, 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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, biogeography, Charles Darwin, cladistics, conservatives, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's House of Cards, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, fossil record, friendship, Hebrew Bible, journalists, loyalty, materialism, National Review, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Richard Lenski, skeptics, thought, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe, William F. Buckley Jr., writing}

Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Science Reporting

4}

I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning "House of God." Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent evolution, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Peter Bowler, Social Darwinism, teleology, The World of Life, Tom Wolfe, University of Pennsylvania, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: “Recent Studies Have Vindicated Wallace” Over Darwin

_{Science & Culture
September 2, 2020

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” 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, 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 & Culture
September 1, 2020

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

3}

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
January 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Shapiro, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, 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}

#1 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Informed by Discovery Authors, Yale’s David Gelernter Rejects Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 1, 2020

Evolution

5}

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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Shapiro, biological origins, Center for Science and Culture, computer scientists, cosmic origins, culture, Darwinian evolution, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, Facebook, intelligent design, Internet, iPhones, mask, materialism, multiverse, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe, Yale University}

Get Involved: Help Harness Science Uprising

_{David Klinghoffer
October 17, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

You have probably watched friends or family members give themselves up to materialism. It’s heartbreaking, and to see it happen can leave us feeling powerless. Read More ›

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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

2}

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

8}

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

4}

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
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Ben Shapiro, Charles Darwin, conservatism, culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, David Gelernter, Declaration of Independence, evolution, Jerry Coyne, Judaism, Michael Behe, National Review, Razib Khan, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Claremont Review of Books, Tom Wolfe, Yuval Noah Harari}

The “Fearing Evolution” Trope

_{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2019

Evolution

3}

Razib Khan explains why “evolutionary biology is nothing for conservatives to fear,” since “it is one of the crowning achievements of modern Western civilization.” Read More ›