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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)

hydrothermal vents
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, by NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 14, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Existential Implications of the Miller-Urey Experiment

Neil Thomas
April 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Words, even meaningless words, have the power to create their own virtual realities in our minds. Read More ›
Young Frankenstein
Image: Pencil sketch of Peter Boyle as Dr. Frankenstein's monster in Young Frankenstein.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 13, 2022
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Biology
Origin of Life
Technology
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Frankenstein and His Offspring

Neil Thomas
April 13, 2022
Biology, Origin of Life, Technology
3
"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 12, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Imagining “Abiogenesis”: Crick, Watson, and Franklin

Neil Thomas
April 12, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
3
There are some biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, who still pin their faith in ideas which have resulted only in blankly negative experimental results. Read More ›
William Harvey
Image: Sir William Harvey, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 11, 2022
Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Faith & Science
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Considering “Abiogenesis,” an Imaginary Term in Science

Neil Thomas
April 11, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science
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In the 17th century, medical pioneer Sir William Harvey and Italian scientist Francesco Redi both proved the untenability of spontaneous generation. Read More ›
Dawkins expelled
Photo credit: Richard Dawkins, by Magnus Norden (151212035) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 9, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Dawkinsian Mythology

Neil Thomas
April 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
3
Philosopher Mary Midgely pointed out the fatuousness of the “meme” hypothesis in painfully direct terms. Read More ›
Percival Lowell
Photo: Percival Lowell in 1914, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 8, 2022
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Evolution
Physical Sciences
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The Man on the Moon and Martian Canals

Neil Thomas
April 8, 2022
Evolution, Physical Sciences
5
French writer Bernard de Fontenelle expressed the belief that there really was a man on the moon — and a whole civilisation to boot, if you please. Read More ›
ectoplasm
Photo: A medium exuding "ectoplasm," by Harvey Metcalfe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 7, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

Neil Thomas
April 7, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›

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