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Photo: Yuval Noah Harari, by CEU / Daniel Vegel, via Flickr (cropped).

Harari: “Darwin Is the Prophet”

I’ve never heard evolution and nihilism connected so clearly and concisely, and the implications vastly exceed sexuality. Read More ›
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Photo: John Calvert, courtesy of Bill Harris.

Remembering John Calvert, a Bulldog for Objective Scientific Education

Calvert's tenacious commitment to seeing origins science taught objectively in public schools serves as a courageous example. Read More ›
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Photo by Ashlee Best at the 2024 COSM Technology Summit. © Discovery Institute.

Larry Sanger on Wikipedia, AI, and Preserving Human Knowledge

Discovery Institute is no stranger to bias on Wikipedia, of course. Look no further than the Wikipedia entry for intelligent design. Read More ›
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Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Read More ›
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Larry Sanger at Discovery Institute's 2024 COSM Technology Summit
Photo by Ashlee Best at the 2024 COSM Technology Summit. © Discovery Institute.

Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Intelligent Design and His Conversion to Christianity

Sanger was content with his agnosticism until a student posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Staatliche Antikensammlungen, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument 

A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›
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Photo: Detail of Arecibo Observatory, by Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Artificial Intelligences Promises to Level the Playing Field for Intelligent Design

To set the stage, I posed some questions about scientific testability in general and about the testability of the SETI research program. Read More ›
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Image credit: Thomas Eakins, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Persecution and the Art of “Darwinist” Writing

The “right kind of reader” will take the hint and absorb the “esoteric” meaning. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Casey Luskin.

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Another Call for a “New Synthesis”

I recently wrote a post critical of biologist Peter Corning’s “synergism hypothesis.” Afterwards Dr. Corning got in touch. Read More ›

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