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At a Loss: How Can Critics Still Not See That ID Research Programs Exist?

_{Casey Luskin
June 16, 2011}

In Salvo 16, I introduced some of the scientific research being conducted by leading proponents of intelligent design (ID), particularly scientists affiliated with the Biologic Institute. When confronted with this growing body of ID research, a typical response from critics is simply to deny that … » Go

The NCSE, Judge Jones, and Citation Bluffs About the Origin of New Functional Genetic Information

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2010}

I. Introduction Not long before the beginning of the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, then-National Center for Science Education staff member Nicholas Matzke told a reporter, “The origin of genetic information is thoroughly understood.”1 During the Dover trial, plaintiffs’ expert … » Go

Keeping the lid on – and the science out

_{Barbara F. Hollingsworth
December 1, 2009}

This article, published by the Washington Examiner, mentions and quotes Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Wells, and Douglas Axe of Discovery Institute: When former Cambridge biochemist Douglas Axe computed the chances that the four amino acids that form DNA could self-arrange themselves into just one … » Go

An Analysis of the Expert Testimony of Prof. Ronald Wetherington before the Texas State Board of Education on January 21, 2009

_{Discovery Institute
March 27, 2009}

Executive Summary At the January 21, 2009 experts’ hearing to review the draft TEKS, SMU anthropologist Ronald Wetherington confidently assured the Texas State Board of Education that there were no weaknesses in Darwinian evolution for students to learn about. Yet as the following review … » Go

An Analysis of the Expert Testimony of Prof. David Hillis before the Texas State Board of Education on January 21, 2009

_{Discovery Institute
March 27, 2009}

At the January meeting of the Texas State Board of Education (TSBOE), University of Texas Austin professor David Hillis asserted that there are no legitimate scientific weaknesses in neo-Darwinian evolution. He stated that scientific weaknesses in evolution have “no scientific basis” and … » Go

Discovery Institute Announces 2009 Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences and Culture

_{Discovery Institute
January 30, 2009}

Seattle — Discovery Institute is pleased to announce two intensive summer seminars on intelligent design, science, and culture from July 10-18, 2009 in Seattle. The first seminar is for students in the natural sciences and philosophy of science; the second seminar is for students in the social … » Go

Are the Darwinists Afraid to Debate Us?

_{John G. West and Bruce Chapman
April 10, 2007}

Nowhere is the free exchange of ideas supposed to be more robust or uninhibited than on college campuses. Thus, it is disheartening that certain professors and even some journalists are seeking to prevent scientists and philosophers who support the theory of intelligent design from explaining … » Go

‘Politically Incorrect’ Series Takes on Darwinism and Intelligent Design

_{Unspecified
September 1, 2006}

Jonathan Wells Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design (Regnery) is surely the best book ever written on the problems of Darwins theory of evolution. I was about to say the best for laymen, but it will also be invaluable for experts. The evidence and arguments deal with … » Go

Is Intelligent Design Testable?

_{William A. Dembski
January 24, 2001}

Eugenie Scott is a physical anthropologist who as director of the National Center for Science Education travels the United States warning audiences about the threat of creationism and unmasking its various guises. Intelligent design, according to her, is currently the most sinister of these … » Go

Intelligent Design and the Origin of Biological Information: A Response to Dennis Venema

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2011}

Section 1: Executive Summary In this section, we: Define ID, seeing that it’s a positive argument that doesn’t deny natural selection can do some things Summarize the problems with Venema’s critiques: he mis-defines ID and fails to acknowledge responses from ID proponents to … » Go

When the Rich Get Rich, Do the Poor Really Get Poorer?

_{Michael Medved
July 1, 2009}

When a dubious economic theory turns up as the punch line in a wildly popular song, it’s safe to say that the proposition has deeply penetrated the public’s consciousness. The odd notion that when the rich get richer, the poor get poorer received recognition and publicity in the jaunty … » Go

Intelligent Design (ID) Has Scientific Merit Because it Uses the Scientific Method to Make its Claims and Infers Design by Testing its Positive Predictions

_{Casey Luskin
September 8, 2008}

“In all irreducibly complex systems in which the cause of the system is known by experience or observation, intelligent design or engineering played a role the origin of the system.”1Stephen C. Meyer (Ph.D. Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University) & Scott Minnich (Professor of … » Go

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