A Friend Asks: For Darwin Skeptics, What Does the Second Law Argument Accomplish?

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The only law of science that the development of civilization on a barren planet could violate is the (generalized) second law of thermodynamics. Source
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Thanks to Our Screens, Heading Toward a Post-Literate Culture?

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Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities. Source
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Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

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If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Source
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An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Source
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Metals: From Stars to Cells 

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Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Source
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Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Source
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The Origin of Life and the Wonder of Daily Existence

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Sometimes, civilization’s design breaks down, and we then see how complex, interdependent, and fragile the system really is. Source
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#5 Story of 2022: The Rise of Totalitarian Science

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Now, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Source
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