Tag: UC Berkeley

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Arthur M. Shapiro, C. S. Lewis Society, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Christian Leadership Ministries, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?, Darwinists, David L. Wilcox, David Raup, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Earl Warren, evolution, Field Museum, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Frederick Grinnell, Jesuit Campion Center, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, K. John Morrow Jr., Leslie K. Johnson, McLean v. Arkansas, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Owen Gingerich, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Peter van Inwagen, Phillip E. Johnson, Southern Methodist University, Spring Systematics Symposium, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Stephen Sternberg, Tacoma, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Sources of Information Content in DNA, Thomas E. Woodward, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Will Provine, William A. Dembski}

Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?

_{Stephen C. Meyer and William A. Dembski
October 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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On March 26–28, 1992, scientists and philosophers assembled at Southern Methodist University for an event whose title posed a provocative question. Read More ›

Neanderthal armed with lance, their part in Homo Sapiens Anthropology and Darwinian Theory.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Amazon, archeology, Ascent of Man, astrobiology, China, Darwinian evolution, Eurasia, evolutionary psychology, forebears, genomes, glaciers, Greece, Jonathan Cheng, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthals, rainforest, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui, Stone Age, subhumans, The Atlantic, UC Berkeley, Wall Street Journal}

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, biochemistry, C. H. Waddington, calculus, Christopher Hitchens, complexity, Daniel Dennett, Darwin’s Black Box, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene Wigner, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Joseph Woodger, M.-P. Schützenberger, mechanism, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, Michael Ruse, Neo-Darwinism, Nicolas Rashevsky, Richard Dawkins, Robert Rosen, scientific materialism, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UT MD Anderson}

Restoring Our Vision: Michael Behe and Darwin’s Black Box

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 6, 2026

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

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What has always stirred me with a deep set of conflicting emotions is his reference to the “elephant in the room.” Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
June 30, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Berkley Gryder, BIO-Complexity, blood cells, bone cells, cells, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, egg cell, embryo, embryologists, ENCODE, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, Epigenome Roadmap, Human Epigenome Project, Human Genome Project, James P. Gills, Nature (journal), nerve cells, New York Times, Nicholas Wade, skin cells, sperm, submarine, Thomas E. Woodward, UC Berkeley, zona pellucida, zygote}

The Zygote Code and Other Mysteries

_{Thomas E. Woodward and James P. Gills, MD
June 30, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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As development progresses, each cell is directed to unique use of its DNA files by the epigenetic system, which sits above the DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, agnostics, audience members, biology, Christianity, cosmology, creator, Duke University, earth, evidence, faith and science, High Point University, information, meaning, MIT, origin of life, philosophy, planets, purpose, religion, religious doctrines, Rice Broocks, science, skepticism, truth, UC Berkeley, universities, University of Washington}

Postcard from North Carolina: College Students Respond to Scientific Evidence for a Creator

_{Brian Miller
March 2, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

3}

Skepticism should be a last resort rather than a starting point. If truth is knowable, we should pursue it as our highest priority. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

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Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Brooklyn, Elsevier, fraud, oversight, paper mills, peer review, publish or perish, reviewers, secrecy, taxpayers, Taylor & Francis, UC Berkeley}

What a Declining System Looks Like: Fraud Crisis in Science Grows

_{Science & Culture
November 24, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Reasoning

5}

Profits are artificially maintained by tax dollars so sinking quality does not send the alarm signals it would otherwise. Read More ›

Particles, quantum entanglement (quantum correlation), quantum mechanics. 3d illustration

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2025

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Eugene Wigner, immaterial reality, intelligent design, Louisa Gilder, materialism, mathematics, Nobel Prize, particles, quantum entanglement, quantum particles, quantum state, The Age of Entanglement, UC Berkeley}

COSM, Entanglement, and Implications for Materialism

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2025

Physical Sciences, Physics

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If these points don’t reveal evidence of intelligent design in nature, what does? Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, English, Europe, Europeans, faith and science, fine-tuning, France, Galileo Galilei, God the Science the Evidence, Michel-Yves Bolloré, New York City, Nicolaus Copernicus, Nobel Prize, Olivier Bonnassies, Palomar Editions, Princeton University, relativity, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sigmund Freud, Spain, Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley, United States, universe}

New Book: God Hypothesis, European Style; Events at Princeton, Berkeley

_{Science & Culture
September 16, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

4}

In the faith context, the popular picture in America of what Europe is like — the land that God forgot — may need to be revised. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, biology, chemistry, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Douglas Axe, faith and science, history of science, intelligent design, life, origins, scientific theories, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, theistic evolution, UC Berkeley, universe}

Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Axe shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture. Read More ›