Tag: whale

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, Augustan age, Before Philosophy, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creation stories, D’Alembert’s Dream, Denis Diderot, Erasmus Darwin, France, Genesis, Great Britain, Henri Frankfort, Higher Criticism, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, L’Homme Machine, lion, Marcion of Sinope, Mary Midgley, materialists, metaphors, mythographers, natural philosophers, natural selection, oak tree, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, parchment, petroglyphs, religion, Sir Charles Lyell, The Origin of Society, The Temple of Nature, transmutation, Victorian England, whale}

Genesis Rescripted: Erasmus and Charles Darwin’s Biblical Indebtedness

_{Neil Thomas
July 6, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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One may argue that myth still informs the metaphors underlying the formulation of some present-day scientific theories. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 13, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, ChatGPT4, Chronicle of Higher Education, classical music, Erik Larson, Harvard University Press, hospital, human intelligence, humor, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, jokes, large language models, Ludwig van Beethoven, mouse, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, whale, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

ChatGPT Is Becoming Increasingly Impressive

_{William A. Dembski
September 13, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

12}

Yet I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Charles Darwin, divine image, eagle, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, history, microscopes, natural selection, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), On the Origin of Species, Samuel Wilberforce, whale}

The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

_{Neil Thomas
January 9, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, arctic tern, bees, circadian clock, Current Biology, Darwinians, dragonflies, flies, migration, Monarch butterflies, moths, olfaction, Pacific Salmon, tuna, whale, zooplankton}

Marvelous Migrations at All Scales

_{Science & Culture
September 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __video-unavailable, BioLogos, Darrel Falk, Disney, father, Geppetto, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, metaphor, Middle East, Pinocchio, theistic evolution, whale}

Pinocchio and Geppetto: A Puppet Postscript

_{David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

This, from a critic seeking to dissuade viewers from the intelligent design position, is the carefully selected metaphor for casting ID as emotionally cold and remote? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 12, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, giraffes, mammals, the narrative, transitional forms, transitional fossils, whale, whale evolution}

Jonathan Wells on Whale Evolution and a “Materialistic Creation Story”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 12, 2017

Evolution, Zoology

2}

So much for these aquatic mammals as an icon of evolution. Read More ›

Humpback whale breaching ocean surface wildlife photography marine animal sea mammal aquatic giant nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 11, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, blowhole, cetaceans, gullibility, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, On the Origin of Species, persistent scientific errors, transitional forms, whale, whale evolution}

Darwin’s Proposed Bear-to-Whale Transition Set Off Bull Detectors in 1859

_{David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Today, scientists and science consumers are less sensitive in identifying fake science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 3, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, evolution, fossil record, Living Waters, video, whale}

Fake Science: Whales as the “Sweetest Series of Transitional Fossils” an Evolutionist Could Ask For

_{David Klinghoffer
January 3, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

The "picture-perfect intermediacy" looks increasingly like a patchwork. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 16, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, fossil record, Research, science, whale, whale evolution}

An Unbearable Rush — Antarctic Whale Fossil Poses a Challenge to Evolution that Won’t Go Away

_{Casey Luskin
November 16, 2016

Evolution

8}

Evolutionary considerations are plainly pushing the interpretation of data here. Read More ›