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Michael Flannery

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Denyse O'Leary
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March 21, 2022
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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A friend reminds us of what philosopher Michael Polanyi had to say about Darwinian evolution

Denyse O'Leary
March 21, 2022
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Doesn’t seem like Oxford liked him much for that. And then there’s what Gertrude Himmelfarb had to say at the same time… Hey, a walk through history when it is fun and instructive. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 14, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, science education
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Was Thomas Henry Huxley the first science journalist?

Denyse O'Leary
September 14, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, science education
What Huxley was marketing was not a correct analysis of the cause of the plague but one that promoted materialism. Today, for example, we constantly hear similar stuff like - just for example - “science is closing in on the human mind” or “apes think like people.” They can’t help it, of course, but Huxley’s career might help us understand better how it got started. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 10, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Science historian Michael Flannery offers resources on Darwin and racism

Denyse O'Leary
July 10, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
It may be helpful to keep in mind that opposition to slavery was not a radical position for a British gentleman like Darwin. Britain’s economy did not depend on slavery and most of the injustices of the Industrial Revolution were done to people who were not technically slaves. The issues around exploitation in his own environment were fought out on different grounds. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 25, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Michael Flannery on the attack on Darwin’s Descent of Man in AAAS’s mag Science

Denyse O'Leary
May 25, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Flannery reveals something interesting: "Thomas Henry Huxley, Darwin’s indefatigable “Bulldog,” wrote a shameful essay on May 20, 1865, shortly after the conclusion of the American Civil War. He suggested that the South should be relieved given that it was no longer responsible for the care and “protection” of the now-former slaves." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 13, 2021
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Evolution, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Science historian Michael Flannery offers some thoughts on the drive to deplatform Darwin

Denyse O'Leary
May 13, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Racism
Darwin’s racism doesn’t make his theory — either in its original form or any current iteration — right or wrong. The theory must be addressed on the merits of the case. So no deplatforming. Bring on the debate. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 4, 2021
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Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Michael Flannery on non-Darwinian discoverer of the Archaea, Carl Woese

Denyse O'Leary
May 4, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Woese as "scarred revolutionary"? He had to fight hard to get the Archaea, the third kingdom of life, accepted. He regretted that he had not succeeded in overthrowing “the hegemony of the culture of Darwin.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 12, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Just in time for Darwin Day: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass on evolutionary racism

Denyse O'Leary
February 12, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Science historian Michael Flannery points out that Douglass’s comments preceded Darwin’s On the Origin of Species because the basic idea of the "modified monkey" (Thomas Huxley's phrase) was in Lamarck (and probably in the air). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 4, 2021
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Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Don’t miss this interview with science historian Michael Flannery on Alfred Russel Wallace

Denyse O'Leary
January 4, 2021
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
The film offers old, rarely seen pictures of Wallace & screenshots of his papers/key quotes. Wallace was the original ID champion. Know your history, people. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 24, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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From science historian Michael Flannery: A farewell to Darwin doubter Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922-2019)

Denyse O'Leary
December 24, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Flannery: When Gertrude suggested to Julian [Huxley, Darwin's faithful puppy] that her book might shed new light on Darwinian evolution, he immediately protested, “New! There is nothing new to say about evolution. Everything that needs saying has already been said. The theory is incontrovertible.” She says that abruptly ended the conversation. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 7, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language, Mind
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Where Wallace can shed light and Darwin can’t

Denyse O'Leary
September 7, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language, Mind
From ENST: ... how did humans by means of natural selection alone develop language and sophisticated verbal communication? The answer: we didn’t. It was a product inherent in us, what Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin’s partner and challenger, said it was all along, an intrinsic part of human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 5, 2020
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Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Michael Flannery’s book on Alfred Russel Wallace has been revised and updated

Denyse O'Leary
September 5, 2020
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Wallace, as Darwin’s co-theorist, disappeared because he was not useful to the cause of naturalism. We’ll try to help make sure he doesn’t disappear again. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 4, 2020
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Books of interest, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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Terry Scambray: A review of Mike Flannery’s book, Nature’s Prophet, on Alfred Russel Wallace

Denyse O'Leary
April 4, 2020
Books of interest, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
(Wallace, Darwin-s co-theorist, was a working-class stiff whom Darwin’s set elbowed out. He was not a materialist (naturalist) and he thought evolution could be consistent with meaning and spirituality. Darwin abhorred such ideas. This review was originally published at New Oxford Review.) Read More ›