Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

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Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Source
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Humans as “Beloved”: A Signature of Intelligent Design

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A few minor shifts in how light interacts with matter and our sense of sight would be dulled to most of the visual beauty that we most appreciate in nature. Source
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Questioning the Science Experts: Is It Even Permitted?

Blaise Pascal, COVID-19, Darwinism, epidemiologists, Evolution, experts, global cooling, global warming, Great Barrington Declaration, House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Intelligent Design, J. Budziszewski, Jonathan Haidt, journalists, medical professionals, Medicine, Pandemic of Lunacy, People for the American Way, political debates, psychologist, schools, scientific reasoning, scientists, University of Texas at Austin, workplaces
If you're trying to do ID science, it's a little bit easier to be intellectually honest, because you have to work harder to make the case for your claim. Source
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Status Signaling in the Herd: Why Otherwise Good Scientists Sneer at Intelligent Design

Aldous Huxley, Bible, biology, chemists, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, J. Budziszewski, jobs, materialistic paradigm, Meaning, media, morality, natural law theory, Pandemic of Lunacy, peer pressure, Phillip Johnson, promotion, scientific reasoning, snake handlers, social status, status signaling, University of Texas at Austin, yahoos
"Here is Johnson, giving a very studious argument for ID, and the other fellow thinks it’s sufficient to say, 'I know it's wrong because my friend told me.'" Source
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Myth and Legend in Darwin’s Famous Origins Story

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Neil Thomas makes a case that the rise of Darwin’s theory owes much to cultural timing, philosophical appeal, and persuasive storytelling. Source
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After K–T Extinction Event, Life’s Unexpected Rebound Was “Ridiculously Fast”

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Although the welfare of plankton may not be at the very top of most people’s minds, these tiny organisms fill an important ecological niche. Source
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Geneticist W. E. Lönnig on Human-Chimp DNA Similarity, and Much More

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"The same people who admit that they are unable to create a single blade of grass tell you that they are absolutely sure they know how it came about." Source
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Why Roman Catholicism Needs Intelligent Design

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Through high school and most of junior high, I attended Roman Catholic schools. I liked the discipline. I learned to buckle down on my studies. Source
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More to Love about Springtails, Those Adorable Gymnasts

Adrian Smith, Ant Lab, Arthropoda, collophore, convergent evolution, Cyrille D’Haese, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, deserts, dry deserts, engineers, Evolution, evolutionists, fungus, furcula, Günter Bechly, gymnasts, habitats, Harvard University, ice deserts, Intelligent Design, Mark Stevens, Mollusca, mouthparts, rotting wood, science fair, sea slugs, Spain, springtails, stasis, Subterranean Biology, The Conversation, Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, zoology
Does it have to be called an “evolutionary success” instead of a success? The word “evolutionary” performs no function. It is also contrary to the evidence. Source
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The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Evolution, Faith & Science, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba
In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Source
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