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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 27, 2019
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Atheism
Books of interest
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Naturalism
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David Bentley Hart offers an honest assessment of Richard Dawkins’s new book

Denyse O'Leary
December 27, 2019
Atheism, Books of interest, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
The book is Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide. Hart thinks Dawkins has finally found his authorial voice but you had better read the rest. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 14, 2019
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Books of interest
Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design

Stock up on Darwin for the holidays! Okay, well…

Denyse O'Leary
December 14, 2019
Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Contrary to the reviewer’s complaint, the author is quite right to portray Darwin’s human evolution theme this way. The underlying assumption that evolution proved the right people to be superior has created a key difficulty in getting any serious criticism of Darwinism accepted. It made a thesis that seemed highly plausible to many Europeans irresistible. Put another way, the highly evolved human never seemed to look like Evander Holyfield, fitness notwithstanding. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 20, 2019
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Books of interest
Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Religion
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Who’s throwing stones at “Nature’s Prophet”? (Wallace)

Denyse O'Leary
November 20, 2019
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion
A reviewer attacking Michael Flannery, author of a book on Darwin's co-theorist Wallace re his Discovery Institute ties, actually wrote a book with a serious racist in 2003. Of course, rules Darwinists dream up never apply to themselves. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 17, 2019
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Books of interest
Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Nancy Pearcey: What Phillip Johnson’s Wedge of Truth made clear

Denyse O'Leary
November 17, 2019
Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Pearcey: Shortly after Johnson finished his book, his forewarnings were confirmed by the appearance of a book titled The Natural History of Rape, which argued that, biologically speaking, rape is not a pathology; instead, it is an evolutionary strategy for maximizing reproductive success. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 30, 2019
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Books of interest
Intelligent Design
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A prof on looking into ID literature for the first time…

Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2019
Books of interest, Intelligent Design
“this literature was far more scientifically substantive than the usual caricature, and this drove me to immerse myself in the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to see if it was as convincing as usually portrayed.” Um, yes. And the longer such critiques can be evaded rather than addressed, the more substantive they will be. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 4, 2019
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Books of interest
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Science journalist confronts evolutionary theorist with hard questions at his book talk

Denyse O'Leary
June 4, 2019
Books of interest, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
es, in one phrase, Mazur, author of Darwin Overthrown: Hello Mechanobiology, captures the problem: “he doesn’t define it.” Much Darwinism today survives on the fumes of “evolution” in general. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 19, 2019
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Books of interest
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Have quantum physics’ problems been disgracefully swept under the carpet?

Denyse O'Leary
April 19, 2019
Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Physics
Possibly, but maybe it’s inherently fuzzy. Meanwhile, an update on Adam Becker’s attack on Inference Review as an ID-friendly rag; Peter Woit and Sabine Hossenfelder weigh in. Read More ›