Tag: Uncommon Descent

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 9, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alliance for Defending Freedom, atheism, Barry Arrington, Big Bang, chaos, Christianity, Colorado, Columbine High School, cosmic fine-tuning, Daniel Dennett, Darwin on Trial, David Hume, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Dylan Klebold, Edvard Munch, Enlightenment, Eric Harris, evidence, Evolution News, Francis Collins, Friedrich Nietzsche, intelligent design, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., lawlessness, materialism, Michael Behe, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, specified complexity, Supreme Court, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, theistic evolution, tribalism, Uncommon Descent, Unforgetting God, University of Texas, Voltaire, Western civilization, William A. Dembski}

Interview: New Book Advances Skepticism as a Solution to Materialist Ideology

_{William A. Dembski
June 9, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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"The book's cover features Friedrich Nietzsche and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn holding opposite ends of a rope as they play tug of war for the soul of the West." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, biologist, biophysicists, Dan Stern Cardinale, describing, echolocation, Emma C. Teeling, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary explanations, explaining, Flight, Gareth Jones, intelligent design, Michael Behe, presupposing, Rutgers University, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Uncommon Descent}

Let’s Enter “Bat Echolocation Evolution” in Google Scholar

_{David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

2}

How did it arise? Is a detailed description available out there? When I tried that search myself, the first paper that came up was this one. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Barry Arrington, blogs, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Google, higher intelligence, history, intelligent design, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Jason Rosenhouse, Kenneth Miller, law, Michael Behe, Panda's Thumb, social media, truth, Twitter, Uncommon Descent, Uncommon Dissent, writing, YouTube videos}

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

_{William A. Dembski
April 20, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 18, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, automobiles, chance, chassis, critics, design, design detection, doors, explanatory filter, intelligent design, necessity, probability, repudiation, retirement, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sean McDowell, Uncommon Descent}

Chance, Necessity, and Design

_{William A. Dembski
June 18, 2020

Intelligent Design

2}

To properly use the Explanatory Filter, it is vital to identify what exactly one is trying to explain. Take a rusted automobile. Read More ›

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Date
June 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", appendix, BioEssays, California Science Center, cells, censorship, chimpanzees, choking, Christians, Communist Party, conferences, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, Dave Speijer, Dover trial, dysteleology, epiglottis, Heretic, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Judge John E. Jones, Kremlin, Matti Leisola, methodological naturalism, Michael Behe, Norway, peasants, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, social media, speech, Stephen Jay Gould, Uncommon Descent, University of Oslo}

Darwin’s Desperation?

_{Science and Culture
June 2, 2020

Evolution

9}

Darwinists easily obtain a global microphone to rant against intelligent design, while ID advocates silently gain adherents. Is it a sign of desperation? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 21, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Bioscience, CNN, evolution, exoskeleton, fossils, horseshoe crabs, Nature Scientific Reports, Ohio, Ohio State University, paleontology, Parioscorpio venator, poison, publish or perish, Science (journal), scorpions, Smithsonian Magazine, Uncommon Descent, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin}

The Oldest Scorpion and the Decadence of Evolutionary Science

_{Günter Bechly
January 21, 2020

Evolution

9}

What do we learn from this case? In today’s science world it is no longer sufficient to objectively describe some nicely preserved ancient fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Donald McLaughlin

Date
November 11, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Colorado Springs, culture, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, laymen, Nancy Pearcey, naturalism, Phillip E. Johnson, U.C. Berkeley, Uncommon Descent, William A. Dembski, worldview}

A Layman’s Tribute to Phillip Johnson

_{Donald McLaughlin
November 11, 2019

Intelligent Design

6}

I had heard many public movement leaders say they wanted regular folks like me to engage, but they never really provided an opportunity. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 19, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, australopithecine, Australopithecus, Bernard Wood, Darwinian expectations, Darwinism, Denisovans, fossil record, Homo (genus), Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, John Hawks, Karl Popper, Nature (journal), Philippines, Uncommon Descent, Wall Street Journal}

New Fossil Human Species Thwarts Core Darwinian Predictions

_{Günter Bechly
April 19, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

11}

I can hardly resist the temptation to say “I told you so,” or to jokingly remark, “Oops, they did it again.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, critics, Darwin Devolves, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific establishment, The Edge of Evolution, Uncommon Descent, Washington University}

Michael Behe and His Critics

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

If the past is any guide, where the critics are substantive rather than snarky or patronizing, we’re in for a good debate. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Alex Berezow, Anika Smith, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Jay Richards, Left, March for Science, media, Michael Medved, podcast, policy, Politics, science, Uncommon Descent, virtue-signaling, Washington DC}

March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2018

Evolution, Science Reporting

2}

Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.” Read More ›