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25Oct 2025 by Post

Materialism’s Band-Aid, “Emergence” Is Bad Science

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The idea is that some properties of systems emerge only after a certain level of complexity is reached. Source

16Sep 2024 by Post

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

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In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Source

24May 2024 by Post

Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

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What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Source

12Jun 2023 by Post

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Source

01Nov 2022 by Post

Human Origins: All in the Family

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If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Source

22Jul 2021 by Post

Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

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Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Source

19Jun 2021 by Post

Watch: Bechly and Swamidass Debate Intelligent Design

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One highlight is Dr. Bechly’s summation of his scientific reasons for affirming intelligent design. This produces the response from host Justin Brierley: “Wow.” Source

11Mar 2021 by Post

In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

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The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Source

07Nov 2020 by Post

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

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Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Source

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