29Jun 2022 by Post

Evolution With and Without Multiple Simultaneous Changes

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Darwinism is committed to evolution happening gradually, one step at a time, by single mutational changes. Source
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24Jun 2022 by Post

In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

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Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked. Source
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23Jun 2022 by Post

Darwinist Turns Math Cop: Track 1 and Track 2

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Jason Rosenhouse insists that intelligent design proponents obey his rules, but happily flouts them himself. Source
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22Jun 2022 by Post

From Darwinists, a Shift in Tone on Nanomachines

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The shift in tone from then to now is remarkable. What happened to the awe these systems used to inspire? Source
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21Jun 2022 by Post

Italian Center on Intelligent Design Holds Launch Event

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The city of Turin was an especially fitting place for the public launch of a group focusing on intelligent design. Source
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18Jun 2022 by Post

The Challenge from Jason Rosenhouse

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"The response would be a lot chillier if they tried the same arguments in front of audiences with the relevant expertise." Is that so? Source
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15Jun 2022 by Post

Origin of Life from Basalt Lava Glass? Sorry, No

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An honest evaluation of the studies leads to the conclusion that the formation of RNA could not have occurred through any natural processes on the early earth. Source
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13Jun 2022 by Post

How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Source
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09Jun 2022 by Post

Rare Fossil Preserves a Moment of Deadly Battle — And Recalls a Problem for Darwin 

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Pterosaurs appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Late Triassic, which agrees with the predictions of intelligent design theory. Source
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