Is the Panda’s Thumb Suboptimal?

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The basic argument is that “[o]dd arrangements and funny solutions” point to evolution whereas “ideal design” points to a “sensible God.” Source
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Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

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Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Source
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Watchdog Group Calls Professor Dave “Anti-Semite of the Week”; Plus an Appeal to the New Atheists

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Does this have anything to do with intelligent design and the evolution debate? Yes, two things. Source
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Anti-Hate Group, Canary Mission, Exposes “Science Educator” Professor Dave

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The idea that Jews, alone among indigenous peoples, have no right to defend themselves on their land, is at once anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. Source
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Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo

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The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania. Source
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Will Evolutionists Ever Take Falsification Seriously? A Response to P. Z. Myers

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Can there be a better example of trying to argue that whatever the evidence, evolution is the answer? Source
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Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2022: Evolutionists Admit Their Field’s Failures

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If you’ve ever owned an automobile toward the end of its life, the situation will be familiar. Source
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