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Darwinism

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 24, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Design inference
Intelligent Design
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The CORRECT way to understand the mysterious Utah monolith

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November 24, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design
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Why rush to conclude intelligent design?, asks philosopher and photographer Laszlo Bencze. He writes us to recommend a proper Darwinian view of the problem, a sort of desert version of Darwin’s “warm little pond” origin of life. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 21, 2020
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Books of interest
Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Mike Behe on Genetic and Biological Truth & Myth

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November 21, 2020
Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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This is in connection, of course, with his new book, A Mousetrap for Darwin: Michael J. Behe Answers His Critics which, by the way, is: Best Sellers Rank: #7,155 in Kindle Store 2 in Biochemistry Science 4 in Biochemistry (Books) 4 in Evolution (Kindle Store)It’s nice to see that, in a world largely deformed by Cancel Culture, some people still love a good debate. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 20, 2020
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Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Giant viruses integrate into hosts’ genomes, maybe shaping their evolution at some points

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November 20, 2020
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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So can that French scientist Didier Raoult, who discovered the mimivirus, come out of the doghouse now? He was confined for doubting Darwin. But who really has time for Darwin now? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 18, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
science education
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Preparing the public for the slow demise of Darwinian evolution theory

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November 18, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, science education
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Mike Behe’s new A Mousetrap for Darwin is available today and that’s the position he takes. That’s our sense too. What about New Scientist’s thirteen reasons for moving past Darwin and the doubts about speciation? Whatever else maybe said of these folk, they are not currently suffering from Darwinbrain. We need to distinguish between rubbish dropkicked from one edition to the next of a public school textbook and what alert minds are really thinking. And they're really thinking that it's time to move on. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 13, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Racism
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An academic discovers the “dark side” of Darwinism

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November 13, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Racism
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Austin Anderson: Now I understand why I’ve never been asked in a biology class to read the original text of Darwin’s theories: Our contemporary reverence for Darwin’s gentlemanliness and the pure scientific brilliance of his theories is an overly optimistic illusion that shatters upon a closer look at his publications. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 12, 2020
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Darwinism
speciation
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At New Scientist: Questioning the idea of species

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November 12, 2020
Darwinism, speciation
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It's good news that they are thinking this way. If we’re going to vote money and legislation for environmental protection, we do need useful working classifications. Why waste time, money and energy “saving” a “species” that doesn’t really exist as a separate entity when some whole ecologies are critically endangered? And it doesn't matter how we choose to classify the "species" within them. At least these are more constructive discussions to be involved in than attacking or defending Darwinism. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 9, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Laszlo Bencze: Karl Popper never really retracted his doubt of Darwin

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November 9, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Bencze: Furthermore [in his recantation], he writes that natural selection is “a most successful metaphysical research program.” Wait a minute. Wasn’t that what he was to apologize for? So within his recantation he is reaffirming his original point of view, the very one that got him in trouble. Read More ›