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Khan Academy

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 16, 2022
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Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran, Intelligent Design
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Can the Cambrian Explosion be explained away by the earlier Ediacaran Explosion?

Denyse O'Leary
March 16, 2022
Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran, Intelligent Design
David Klinghoffer: Lukas Ruegger is the personable new intelligent design “explainer” whose videos take an approach similar to Khan Academy’s. The latter’s offering on evolution is replete with junk science, as Casey Luskin has detailed. Ruegger’s treatment of the subject is much better, and I appreciate his clarity and brevity. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 13, 2022
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Convergent evolution, Intelligent Design
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Common ancestry: If the Khan Academy must front Darwinism, why use such unconvincing arguments?

Denyse O'Leary
February 13, 2022
Convergent evolution, Intelligent Design
Because of widespread convergent evolution, claims about common ancestry can’t be based on similarity of form alone — any more than we can assume that two people who look quite similar (body doubles) must be closely related. Life is more complex than that. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 10, 2022
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Evolution, Intelligent Design, science education
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The Khan Academy markets 1980s Darwinism

Denyse O'Leary
February 10, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, science education
From back when all official "evolution" claims were expected to be reverently accepted by everyone. Luskin: “But in the famed series, the horse fossils don’t evolve in a straight line, nor are they found in the same place, nor do they show a continuous direction of change.” Read More ›