Transformative: “Mary,” a PhD Biochemistry Student, on the Summer Seminars on ID

biochemistry, biology, Brian Miller, careers, Center for Science and Culture, curiosity, Education, elegance, Emily Kurlinski, Emily Sandico, friendship, humanities, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, interview, Natural Sciences, natural world, nature, order, Podcast, pseudonym, Research, science, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design
Why does she use a pseudonym in the interview? You may be able to guess, but listen in to hear her explanation. Source
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To Dance at Two Weddings: Rope Kojonen’s Evolutionary Quest

bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, causes, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Glass, design detection, Emily Reeves, Evolution, Evolution News, explanatory value, fine-tuning, fitness landscapes, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mutations, preconditions, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), tinkering, weddings, Zygon
According to a proverb, you can’t dance at two weddings at the same time. Dr. Kojonen believes that you can. Source
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Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, creative agency, debates, demigod, Evolution, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialist science, mind-first view, natural selection, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Source
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Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, debates, Events, Evolution, god-of-the-gaps fallacy, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialism-of-the-gaps fallacy, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Podcast, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, University of Glasgow
In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Source
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Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

Ancient Apocalypse, ancient civilization, Andrew McDiarmid, archeology, Aylin Woodward, burials, Casey Luskin, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Sandweiss, documentaries, East Carolina University, Graham Hancock, graves, Homo naledi, Human Origins, ID The Future, Lee Berger, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Netflix, News Media, paleontology, Rising Star Cave, science fiction, Scientific American, Society for American Archaeology, The Guardian, Unknown: Cave of Bones, Wall Street Journal
Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Source
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Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

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Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Source
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