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Date
January 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, bacteria, biophysics, Cambrian Explosion, eukaryotes, evolution, geochemistry, geophysics, Great Oxidation Event, heme, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, iron, Mars, nutrients, oceans, Oxford University, oxygen, PNAS, supernova, toxicity, Washington University}

No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2022

Biology, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, atheism, Cupples Hall, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, human origins, Human Zoos, John Jay College, John West, Michael Behe, missing links, Nathan Lents, Nazis, Newspeak, polygenism, pseudoscience, Racism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), St. Louis, St. Louis Republic, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington University}

Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 22, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Book of Job, communication, conversation, creation, Crossway, dialogue, eagle, evolutionary theory, Günter Bechly, hawk, intelligent design, misrepresentation, paleontologists, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Undeniable (book), Washington University}

Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

_{Douglas Axe
July 22, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, computational biology, debates, evolution, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, paleoentomology, podcast, S. Joshua Swamidass, Unbelievable, Washington University}

An ID Debate: Joshua Swamidass and Günter Bechly

_{Science and Culture
July 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Joshua Swamidass is a computational biologist at Washington University in Saint Louis who says ID may or may not be true in some part of what it affirms. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, computational biology, Darwinism, debates, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Justin Brierley, neo-Darwinian theory, neutral evolution, paleontology, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Watch: Bechly and Swamidass Debate Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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One highlight is Dr. Bechly’s summation of his scientific reasons for affirming intelligent design. This produces the response from host Justin Brierley: “Wow.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 11, 2021

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ball State University, Big Tech, Canceled Science, censorship, China, Christian colleges, computational biology, creation science, creationism, customers, East Coast, employers, equality, Eric Hedin, freedom, freedom from religion foundation, intelligent design, Israel, Jerry Coyne, justice, lockdown, punishment, race, religion, reward, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientists, social credit, The Boundaries of Science, Wall Street Journal, Washington University}

In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

_{David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2021

Scientific Freedom

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The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, computational biology, courts, elections, Franz Kafka, Harrisburg, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kafkaesque, Kindle, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paperback, Pat Flynn, Pennsylvania, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Read More ›

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Date
September 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cancer, cells, chemotherapy, Darwinians, DNA, enzymes, evolutionists, foresight, intelligence, intelligent design, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Marcos Eberlin, mind, molecular machines, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, North Carolina State University, PNAS, proofreading, proteins, repair, RNA polymerase, Washington University}

In Cells, Proofreading and Repair Testify to Intelligent Design and Foresight

_{Science and Culture
September 10, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Like a skilled workman, the cell maintains “An array of tools, each one finely tuned.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Alan Turing, Alfred Russel Wallace, artificial intelligence, Charles Darwin, Chinese Room, Christians, computational biology, evolution, intelligent design, John Searle, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, natural selection, S. Joshua Swamidass, Texas A&M, University of Washington, Veritas Forum, Washington University}

Josh Swamidass on Artificial Intelligence at the University of Washington

_{David Klinghoffer
February 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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I have to admit the event was kind of dull compared with the Behe debate. But Josh gave a nice presentation with AI/consciousness basics. Read More ›

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Date
January 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, alternative splicing, biochemists, biomolecules, cells, DNA, ENCODE, evolutionary theory, Human Genome Project, ID the Future, information, Jonathan Wells, jumping genes, junk DNA, methylation, Paul Nelson, pesticides, Phillip E. Johnson, polysaccharides, RNA, RNA transcripts, spliceosome, sugars, The Scientist, University of Chicago, University of Münster, Washington University}

Surprises in Cell Codes Reveal Information Goes Far Beyond DNA

_{Science and Culture
January 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Information is the stuff of life. Not limited to DNA, information is found in most biomolecules in living cells. Read More ›