02May 2021 by Post

Listen: Richard Weikart Reviews a New Book on Social Darwinism

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The book paints Herbert Spencer as the eugenics-championing bad guy and posits that Darwin and Darwinism had little influence on Hitler’s master race ethic. Source
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28Apr 2021 by Post

Listen: Sneak Preview of New Douglas Axe Intelligent Design Course

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In the full course, Dr. Axe investigates proteins and how they work, the genetic code, gene recruitment, population genetics, natural selection, and much more. Source
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27Apr 2021 by Post

Some Additional Comments on Social Darwinism

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O’Connell and Ruse’s failure to engage deeply and fully with the historiography of this question makes it hard to take their effort seriously. Source
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26Apr 2021 by Post

The Paradigm Project — Intelligent Design in a New Light

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Douglas Axe urges scientists to admit there are things they don’t understand about life's origins, much as there are things in Scripture we can’t grasp. Source
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24Apr 2021 by Post

Why Computers Will Likely Never Perform Abductive Inferences

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If you are going to get a computer to achieve anything like understanding in some subject area, it needs a lot of knowledge. Source
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22Apr 2021 by Post

The Dessert Cart Paradox — A “Gaping Hole in Evolutionary Theory”

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There’s a problem with evolution by “natural selection” that’s indicated in the very words themselves, as biologist Doug Axe points out. Source
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21Apr 2021 by Post

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig: An Intelligent Design Pioneer

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Darwinism sounds superficially plausible until one looks at real plants and animals with their irreducibly complex details. Source
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