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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The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

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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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An 1871 Critic of Darwinism Whose Criticisms Still Pack a Punch

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A new series aims to restore a historically honest balance to the debate over evolution and design in the study of biological origins. Source
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In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

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Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Source
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Despite Scopes Effect, Intelligent Design Flourishes

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As Casey Luskin notes, the intelligent design research project has gone from strength to strength in the last three decades. Source
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How Darwinism Became a Pseudoscience

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To be clear, I am not suggesting that Darwinists are conspiring to deliberately mislead people, although such misleading is certainly happening. Source
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West: Why We Can’t “Just Make Peace with Darwin”

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Watch this and then ask a Darwinist friend if he or she can think of one way that the evolutionary perspective has ennobled or uplifted anyone. Source
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No. 10 Story of 2024: Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is Cutting Edge

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Source
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To Address the Problem of Evil, Intelligent Design Is Better Situated than Darwinism

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The questions I see coming into the Center for Science and Culture from our readers, friends, and supporters are thought-provoking. Source
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