Darwin’s Sacred Fiction

abolitionism, Adrian Desmond, anti-slavery, Charles Darwin, Darwinian racism, Darwinian theory, Darwin’s Bluff, Evolution, historical fiction, history of science, Human Origins and Anthropology, ID The Future, indigenous peoples, Intelligent Design, James Moore, Michael Keas, Podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, truth
A book by Adrian Desmond and James Moore holds that Charles Darwin was significantly motivated in his scientific work by abolitionist sentiments. Source
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Catholicism, Collège de France, Discovery Institute Press, England, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Raymond J. Nogar, Henri Bergson, history of science, hominization, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, Msgr. Bruno de Solages, neologisms, noosphere, Omega point, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Raïssa Maritain, Robert Shedinger, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology
No doubt, Teilhard ­ had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Source
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Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

Alex Holehouse, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, botanis, Brownian motion, Caltech, car jacks, cell's, conformations, cytoplasm, Duke University, electrostatic conditions, eric hedin, Gabriella Heller, Intelligent Design, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Life Sciences, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, noncoding RNAs, nucleus, pollen grains, proteins, Robert Brown, Robert Shedinger, Scotsmen, socket wrenches, solubility, The Scientist, Washington University
In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Source
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Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheists, Catholic Church, David Berlinski, Enigmatic, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Thomas Nagel, Will Herberg
I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Source
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Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

abiotic changes, Albert B. Phillimore, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biotic changes, calendars, California poppy blooms, caterpillars, Chaco Canyon, cicada emergences, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, Darwin’s Bluff, El Niño, Evolution, Farmer’s Almanac, foresight, genetic adaptation, herbaceous plants, Intelligent Design, Kirsty H. Macphie, La Niña, Life Sciences, locust plagues, moisture, mosquito swarms, pandemics, phenology, physiology, plants, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, sensors, Stonehenge, superblooms, temperate, temperature
No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Source
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Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System

ATP synthase motor, bacteria, bacterial cell wall, biology, body bag, caspase-4, Darwin’s Bluff, dimers, Evolution, Foresight (book), GBP1 proteins, guanylate binding proteins, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, immune proteins, infection, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, John MacMicking, kinesin, mere abstract, molecular machines, Mother Nature, natural selection, Origin of Species, pathogen, Robert Shedinger, terrorist, viruses, Yale University
A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing. Source
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In Darwin’s Bluff, Robert Shedinger Rightly Forgoes the Hagiographic Tradition 

agnostics, biologists, cosmologists, creationists, Darwin’s Bluff, empirical deficits, Evidence, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, Faith & Science, hagiography, linguists, Luther College, nature, Nature mysticism, religion, Robert Shedinger, S. I. Hayakawa, scientific evidence, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms
The present reader, in company with a host of agnostic biologists and cosmologists, simply finds in Darwin a complete dearth of convincing scientific evidence. Source
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For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Darwin’s Bluff, demythologization, dogma, Evolution, history, history of science, Intelligent Design, Jeffrey Kripal, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, rhetorical devices, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, scientific naturalism, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick
Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Source
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Parables from Nature: A Profile of Margaret Gatty

Alexander Scott, Battle of Trafalgar, British Museum, British Seaweeds, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin’s Bluff, dictation, Evolution, George Johnston, humans, Inferior Animals, Intelligent Design, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Lord Nelson, Margaret Gatty, marine biology, Michael Behe, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Parables from Nature, paralysis, Patrick Matthew, ravens, Robert Brown, Robert Shedinger, rooks, Royal Society, Socrates, transmutation, William Henry Harvey
Although she refrained from challenging Darwin publicly, Margaret had strong thoughts of opposition to Darwin’s proposals. Source
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