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Denyse O'Leary
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October 12, 2020
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Big Bang
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Intelligent Design
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Physicist Rob Sheldon checks out astrophysicist Ethan Siegel for ridiculing Nobelist Roger Penrose

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October 12, 2020
Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sheldon: The politicization of science evidently started before Ethan's graduate schooling, as Hoyle and his post-doc Chandra Wickramasinghe tell in their biographical writings. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 12, 2020
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Now the Journal of Theoretical Biology is publishing a rebuttal letter to the design-friendly paper

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October 12, 2020
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Which is fine in principle. But be realistic. The Darwin mob, an early flowering of Cancel Culture, will not be satisfied with anything less than retraction and the obliteration of the careers of everyone involved. If that is accomplished by scandalously spurious means, all the better for the mob. That increases its sense of power and self-justification. Saying NO! To them is an act of liberation. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 12, 2020
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
speciation
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(Reformed) New Scientist 12: Evolution favors some outcomes, not others

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October 12, 2020
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, speciation
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So “Each lake contains many different species that show striking similarities in the variety of body shapes to species in the other lake, despite being more closely related to those living in their own lake” but “These body shapes adapt species to particular niches or diets, so must have evolved by natural selection.” But wait! The traditional argument for natural selection acting on random mutations (Darwinism) was that the species WOULD BE similar to more closely related species. If they’re not, … Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 11, 2020
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Here’s the Twitter discussion of that ID-friendly paper at the Journal of Theoretical Biology

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October 11, 2020
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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The Darwinist commenters below the tweet would put one in mind of coyotes except that coyotes must, perforce, have pack standards. They can’t just howl ANYTHING they please... Well, we shall see what happens next. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 11, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Religion
Science
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The new John Lennox film, Against the Tide

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October 11, 2020
Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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John Lennox is the Oxford mathematician who wrote 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020), among many other books. "The fascinating biopic tells the story of Lennox's life defending the harmony between science and faith." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 9, 2020
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Journal editors now claim they didn’t “know” that the Thorvaldsen and Hossjer paper was ID-friendly

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October 9, 2020
Intelligent Design
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In Klinghoffer’s telling, maybe the editors thought the paper was okay, maybe even interesting. Then they got mobbed by Darwin thugs and now can’t cringe low enough to atone for their grievous error. Surely there’s a floor down there somewhere… Read More ›