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15Feb 2021 by Post

Abiogenesis Series with James Tour: Watch Now

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The incomparable chemist James Tour has launched his new series on abiogenesis — the origin of life from non-life. Source

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13Feb 2021 by Post

Charles Darwin in Light of Black History Month

African Americans, Alfred Russel Wallace, Black History Month, Charles Darwin, Culture & Ethics, Darwinism, Darwinists, eugenics, Europeans, Evolution, Francis Galton, ID The Future, indigenous races, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Martin Luther King Jr., materialism, scientific racism, sterilization, theology, Victorian England

Was Darwin’s racism purely a function of his time and place, Victorian England? Historian Michael Flannery says no. Source

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12Feb 2021 by Post

For Darwin and Lincoln’s Birthday, Pre-Order Return of the God Hypothesis

Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Evolution, faith, Faith & Science, HarperOne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Paul Ashby, Return of the God Hypothesis, Russell W. Carlson, science, slaves, Stephen Meyer, United States, University of Georgia

Today’s date in history, 211 years ago — February 12, 1809 — was a remarkable day. Source

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11Feb 2021 by Post

Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents

Bernard Dujon, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, genome, Human Errors, human genome, Institut Pasteur, Intelligent Design, Nathan Lents, open reading frame, ORfan genes, orphan genes, undirected evolution, yeast

A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome. Source

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10Feb 2021 by Post

Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out

Adam Gopnik, Angels and Ages, Anglo-Saxons, Applied Eugenics, Artificial Selection, Black History Month, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Culture & Ethics, Darwin Day, Darwin Deleted, Darwins Struggle for Survival, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Descent of Man, eugenics, Europeans, Evolution, extermination, humankind, J. Barnard Davis, Jean Gayon, national expansion, Origin of Species, Paul Broca, Paul Popenoe, Peter Bowler, racial equality, racial superiority, Racism, Roswell Hill Johnson, William Graham

February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Source

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08Feb 2021 by Post

Paul Ashby — “Meyer Skewers Materialism”

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Another stellar endorsement for Stephen Meyer's latest. Paul Ashby is a Harvard-trained physical chemist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Source

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08Feb 2021 by Post

William Dembski on ID, Church Fathers, and a Problem for Atheists

Casey Luskin, Center for Science & Culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Faith & Science, How to be an Intellectually Fulfilled Atheist (Or Not), ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, origin of life, PhD, Podcast, Sean McDowell, The Patristic Understanding of Creation, Understanding Intelligent Design, University of Johannesburg, William Dembski

Let's celebrate the return of Casey Luskin and William Dembski to the intelligent design sphere. Source

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06Feb 2021 by Post

Why Do Critics Misrepresent Intelligent Design?

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I will close by revisiting the question of why people doubt Darwin and reject evolution — something discussed in my first post on this paper. Source

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05Feb 2021 by Post

Misconceptions about Misconceptions: Examining a Citation of My Work

apes, Casey Luskin, Evolution, Evolution: Education and Outreach, Homo (genus), Human Origins, information, intelligence, Intelligent Design, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, paleoanthropologists, religion, Stephen Meyer

The citation is to one of my earliest writings on the topic of human origins, an article I published in an old ID journal. Source

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04Feb 2021 by Post

Academic Article Correcting Misconceptions about Evolution Promotes Misconceptions about ID

academic journals, BMC Springer Nature, Brazil, Charles Darwin, creationism, creationists, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Evolution, Evolution: Education and Outreach, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, lobby groups, Paul Nelson, religious beliefs, scientists

It’s good to be back at Discovery Institute. Even after my fives years away, I see that some things remain unchanged. Source

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