Despite Scopes Effect, Intelligent Design Flourishes

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As Casey Luskin notes, the intelligent design research project has gone from strength to strength in the last three decades. Source
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At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry

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Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty. Source
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Not Just a Scientific Theory, Intelligent Design Is a Foundation of Academic Freedom 

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The American Founders established government with religious liberty for all by separating the State and the Church without separating human reason from divine revelation. Source
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How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

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Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Source
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Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

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"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Source
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Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

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Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Source
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A Darwin Day Exhibit Backfires

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Hear the story of how leading German paleo-entomologist and Darwinist Günter Bechly became convinced of intelligent design. Source
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Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Source
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