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Denyse O'Leary
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August 3, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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A Darwinian biologist who has debated ID folk describes getting Canceled

Denyse O'Leary
August 3, 2020
Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Peer review
Over time, science in many areas is likely to wither as it comes more and more under the domination of trolls with agendas. And, curiously, being a Darwinist is no longer a form of protection. Read More ›
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Jonathan Bartlett
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August 3, 2020
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Intelligent Design

New Podcast Dealing with ID and Other Issues

Jonathan Bartlett
August 3, 2020
Intelligent Design

I just started a podcast that explores various ideas, including Intelligent Design, from a conservative viewpoint. Episode 4 is out now, which is a short introduction to Intelligent Design. I hope you take a moment to subscribe! iTunes Podcast Link

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Denyse O'Leary
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August 2, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Claim: Self-replicating molecules show signs of “metabolism”

Denyse O'Leary
August 2, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Rob Stadler: (puncturing the balloon) The fact that it is recognized as a meaningful contribution is a testimony to the desperation to show progress—it stands out only because no meaningful progress can be made in any direction that is actually relevant to life. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 2, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Is Planned Parenthood showing signs of weakness?

Denyse O'Leary
August 2, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Carolyn Moynihan: Post-Margaret Sanger, "PPFA also has leadership issues, and staff in some clinics are fed up with bullying bosses and low wages. Indeed, one abortion activist blames Planned Parenthood for the fact that “the pro-life movement has us on our heels.”" Read More ›
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Jonathan Bartlett
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August 1, 2020
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Intelligent Design

Biological Fine-Tuning Goes to Extremes

Jonathan Bartlett
August 1, 2020
Intelligent Design

It turns out that biological fine-tuning goes to the very extremes of physics. In this lecture, William Bialek shows that eyes can detect individual photons, and a number of other phenomena where biology operates on the very edge of what is possible in physics. View Video Here

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Denyse O'Leary
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July 31, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Apologies for displaying an African man in a Bronx Zoo monkey house conveniently leave out the Darwinian motivation

Denyse O'Leary
July 31, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
David Klinghoffer: The truth is that placing a man in the Monkey House was intended as an education for the public in Darwinian evolution. As John West has said, Ota Benga was “only one of thousands of indigenous peoples who were put on display in America in the name of Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 31, 2020
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'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design
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ENCODE produces a genomic encyclopedia

Denyse O'Leary
July 31, 2020
'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design
Readers may also remember ENCODE from a flap a few years ago when Darwinian Dan Graur announced that the ENCODE team had to be wrong in saying that there wasn’t nearly as much junk DNA as had been thought. After a while, Graur just wasn’t doing politeness any more. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 31, 2020
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Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Rob Sheldon on the recent reduction in the age of the universe

Denyse O'Leary
July 31, 2020
Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Sheldon: I have long advocated a rewrite of the Big Bang model that converts the cosmic microwave numbers into a Hubble constant. But strangely, like Darwin's model in biology, we see few cosmologists willing to kill the sacred cow. They would rather change the laws of physics ("new physics") than change their model. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 30, 2020
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Intelligent Design
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Darwin Devolves: Darwinists see evolution as bottom up; Michael Behe sees it as top down

Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2020
Intelligent Design
Scambray: "the polar bear, Behe writes, “adjusted to its harsh environment mainly by degrading its genes that its ancestors already possessed. Despite its impressive abilities, rather than evolving, it has adapted predominately by devolving.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 30, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Liberal college prof takes aim at the the fairytale world of an “evolution” textbook

Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Shedinger: ... when discussing major transitions in evolutionary history. In these discussions, Hall and Hallgrimsson set aside science and engage in the telling of fairy tales worthy of Hans Christian Andersen. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 30, 2020
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Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “sturdlefish” is the offspring of sturgeon and paddlefish—separated by 184 million years’ evolution

Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2020
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
We are also informed that both fish are “living fossils,” which is supposed to settle the matter. The main strength of the explanations is that they uphold Darwinian thinking. Read More ›