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Casey Luskin

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Denyse O'Leary
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September 4, 2021
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Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The four-legged whale: The biggest tourist attraction that never was?

Denyse O'Leary
September 4, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
Casey Luskin: The problem with these claims? That’s right, folks — they didn’t find any of the fossil’s legs. Everything you just read about this fossil is the product of imagination. In fact, if you check the technical paper you’ll learn that they found very little of the fossil at all. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 2, 2021
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Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion
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What’s wrong with a popular theory of the evolution of religion

Denyse O'Leary
August 2, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion
Generally, monotheism is favorable to a high level of organization, including complex theologies that don’t just morph a lot but are only changed with much deliberation or controversy. But did that state of affairs evolve so as to foster “cohesive unity,” as Harari suggests? Hard to say. Religion — especially propositional religion, like the monotheisms — can foster either unity or disunity. Monotheism has not been a force for unity in Northern Ireland or the Middle East. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 6, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Tributes to Richard Lewontin (1919 – 2021)

Denyse O'Leary
July 6, 2021
Intelligent Design
Paul Nelson: Lewontin opposed the facile storytelling of much of sociobiology, with its invocation of hypothetical genes for equally hypothetical behavioral traits. The fact that his opposition stemmed in part from his politics is no indictment; his evidential critique holds its value, or stands on its own two legs, independently of the Marxism. Show me the actual data, he would say, or stop the storytelling. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 13, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, science education
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Non-Darwinian biology teachers need to be targeted for “professional development”

Denyse O'Leary
March 13, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, science education
Note that the authors of the paper are quite clear that they want Brazilian scientists not just to embrace Darwinism whole hog but to give up their belief in God. So much for rot about “theistic evolution.” That’s for suckers. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 20, 2021
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Geology, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin is back, after years in the field!

Denyse O'Leary
January 20, 2021
Geology, Intelligent Design
Why he left (the non-conspiracy version): My PhD project focused on the “Pongola Supergroup,” a major section of supracrustal rocks in southeastern South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces) and southern Swaziland, aged ~2.8 – 3.0 billion years old. Suffice to say, this project involved months and even years of fieldwork, lab work, data analysis, and writeup. Like most PhDs, mine had its ups and downs, complete with excitement, fun, blood, sweat, tears, near-madness, sheer terror, and utter boredom. Read More ›