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In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso: John G. West; June 24, 2022

Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin: Günter Bechly; June 24, 2022

Securing America with Dr. Wesley Smith: Wesley J. Smith; June 22, 2022

Are Future Humans Doomed To Be Replaced By Artificial Intelligence?: Discovery Institute; June 21, 2022

‘The Homeschool Awakening’: You Already Have What It Takes To Homeschool Your Kids: Andrew McDiarmid; June 17, 2022

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Will Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Spark the Next World War?

_{Debra J. Saunders
June 2, 2022}

After many missteps in other policy areas — stoking inflation, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan — President Joe Biden is treading more carefully as he navigates a minefield.

Video

Artificial Intelligence, Cyberwarfare, and Military Preparedness: Robert J. Marks II; June 16, 2022

Struggling at Boston's Methadone Mile: Jonathan Choe; June 14, 2022

Broken Down at the First Ave Bridge in Seattle: Jonathan Choe; June 3, 2022

Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It: Center on Wealth & Poverty; May 31, 2022

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Podcast

Card Counting Strategies and Dangers

_{Robert J. Marks II
June 23, 2022}

Some of the most successful card counting strategies include working with others as a team. Of course, casinos aren’t happy about successful card counters, so you might run into some trouble. Robert J. Marks and Sal Cordova discuss card counting, statistics, and gambling. Show Notes 00:07 | Introducing Sal Cordova00:23 | Team Play09:47 | The Big Player Model15:47 | Holy Rollers22:47 | Pascal and Gambling26:17 | Final Question: Should you count cards? Additional Resources Thorp, Edward. “A favorable strategy for twenty-one.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 47.1 (1961): 110.More information on Keith TaftMore on the movie 21More on the movie RoundersWho was Blaise Pascal?More on the movie Holy Rollers: The True Story …

Darwinian Racism vs. Evolutionary Ethics that Devalue All Men Equally

_{Richard Weikart
June 23, 2022}

Today’s ID the Future again features Darwinian Racism author and historian Richard Weikart and radio host Hank Hanegraaff exploring the pernicious impact Charles Darwin and Darwinism have had on modern ethics. Ideas laid out in Darwin’s The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man fueled scientific racism in the United States and Nazi Germany, Weikart says, and undergird the ideas of contemporary white nationalists, who tend to be virulently anti-Christian and pro-Darwin. We can take some comfort from the fact that white nationalists are a fringe movement and that most evolutionists today are anti-racist, Weikart says, but he notes that Darwinian materialism has poisoned mainstream ethics in another way, by devaluing humans generally. This is why someone as mainstream as Oxford …

Richard Weikart and Hank Hanegraaff Talk Darwinian Racism

_{Richard Weikart
June 20, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, radio host Hank Hanegraaff interviews historian and Center for Science and Culture senior fellow Richard Weikart about his book, Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism. The two look at how Darwinism fueled scientific racism and an aggressive and frequently racist eugenics movement not just in Nazi Germany but, earlier, in the United States, where many leading, even mainstream voices, including Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, top business magnates, and some liberal Protestants enamored of evolutionary theory pushed compulsory sterilization laws, which were passed in Indiana, California, and other states. Weikart shows how these laws were fueled and informed by ideas laid out in Darwin’s The Descent of Man, …

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Rediscovering America

_{How the National Holidays Tell an Amazing Story About Who We Are}_{Jackson Meyer
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Mercer Island Community Center
Mercer Island, WA}

Ever wonder why everyone wants to immigrate to America? Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Scott Powell’s new book Rediscovering America: How the national holidays tell an amazing story about who we are answers that question. Please join us on Thursday, July 7 for a reception and lecture as Powell dives into a history that you have probably never read. More than an account of people, dates, and events, this book is about the hidden hand of a purposeful historical development where the main actors are colorful characters, participating in an American drama of little known but remarkable events where overcoming incredible odds of failure is more unbelievable and engaging than fiction. Rediscovering America is for people who seek truth and want to better understand the …

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18th Annual Insiders Briefing on Intelligent Design: Uniquely Human

_{Private event for members of the Discovery Society}_{The Center for Science and Culture
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Marriott Tacoma Downtown
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We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.Pope Benedict Discovery Society members should make plans now to attend the 18th Annual Insiders Briefing on Intelligent Design, to be held on August 12-13, 2022, in Tacoma, WA. At this year’s Insiders Briefing, you will get to explore how science is revealing the amazing design of human beings as never before. Topics will include how nature was prepared beforehand for the flourishing of humans, how the human body displays exquisite intelligent design, why the human mind can’t be duplicated by a computer, and much more. We’ll also examine what happens when some people wrongly promote dehumanization in …

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