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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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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 13, 2020
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Mind
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A return of purpose to biology?

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November 13, 2020
Biology, Intelligent Design, Mind
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He turns out to be looking for a “bottom up” theory of agency—that is, a materialist one. And he admits that there is no such theory but he offers “a sketch of what a solution might look like.” One suspects that materialists will be offering such sketches centuries from now. 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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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 11, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Irreducible Complexity
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Karsten Pultz on the recent Behe-Swamidass debate

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November 11, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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Pultz: In my view, Swamidass excels as an expert in smokescreens; he can talk endlessly without nailing down tangible and memorable points. Although pressured more than once by Behe to deliver at least a single counter argument to IC, he did not come up with anything containing even a whiff of substance. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 11, 2020
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science education
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In the science fraud stakes, Haeckel beats Piltdown …?

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November 11, 2020
science education
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The fascinating thing about Haeckel’s embryos, which do take the crown for long running fakes that actually matter, is that they were well known for a long time to be fake and even defended. But upholding Darwinism so conveniently for so long gave the faked drawings their legitimacy. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 10, 2020
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Culture
Genomics
Intelligent Design
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There’s a new buzz on the block, “social genomics”

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November 10, 2020
Culture, Genomics, Intelligent Design
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Erik Parens: They are unfailingly clear about the fact that, when they add up the tiny genetic effects, the aggregate is small compared with, say, the total effect of the environment. They are relentless in their rejection of genetic determinism, and vigorous in their reiteration that environments play a huge role in explaining the outcomes they study. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 10, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Irreducible Complexity
Neuroscience
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Because nature is full of intelligence, the more we learn, even about a worm, the less we “know”

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November 10, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Neuroscience
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Gilder on a researcher friend: "the more he learned about the brain of a nematode, the less he felt he knew… And the oceans of reality lay still far beyond his reach and beyond his ken." Read More ›