Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

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A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking. Source
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Data Can Appear in Science Journals — Out of Thin Air

Almas Heshmati, autofill, Culture & Ethics, data, econometricians, Economics, Elsevier, Excel, Gary Smith, imputation, Jönköping University, Journal of Clean Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Mike Tsionas, Netherlands, New Zealand, Physics, Earth & Space, Retraction Watch, science journals, statistical peculiarities, Søren Johansen, United Kingdom, United States, University of Copenhagen, Zoom
While many researchers decried the results, University of Copenhagen econometrician Søren Johansen said something worth pondering. Source
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On Ronald Reagan’s Birthday, Let’s Appreciate His Debt — and Ours — to Intelligent Design

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President Reagan wrung a startling spiritual concession from his Communist counterpart — with an argument for intelligent design. Source
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Design in the Grand Human Story

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Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Source
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Slavery and the Image of God

abolitionists, Arabs, Charles Finney, China, Christianity, Civil War, Culture & Ethics, Enlightenment, Evangelical Christians, Faith & Science, For the Glory of God, Gregory of Nyssa, image of God, Native Americans, Oberlin College, religious revivals, Rodney Stark, safe houses, Second Great Awakening, slaveholders, slavery, Underground Railroad, United States
America is the only country on Earth to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of its own citizens in a war to end slavery. Source
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UFOs Replay History: Rogan, Keating, and “Things Seen in the Skies”

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Psychologist Carl Jung got interested in UFOs around 1946, shortly after the development of the atom bomb. Source
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“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

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It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Source
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For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

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Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Source
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