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Casey Luskin to Speak on “What is Intelligent Design and Why Does it Matter?” in Atlanta, GA

_{The Center for Science and Culture
October 9, 2024}

Casey Luskin, Associate Director of the Center for Science & Culture, will present a lecture on “Intelligent Design, Science, and the Beginning of All Things: What is Intelligent Design and Why Does it Matter?” on October 9 in Atlanta, GA. The presentation starts at 6:30 pm … » Go

Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam

_{Casey Luskin
November 30, 2021}

Part 1: Introduction William Lane Craig is a well-respected Christian philosopher who has made important contributions to the case for cosmic design from fine-tuning and from the need for a first cause to explain the origin of the universe. His important books in both scholarly and popular … » Go

The Kitzmiller v. Dover Trial and Intelligent Design Fifteen Years On

_{Michael J. Behe and Joshua Swamidass
November 20, 2020}

In 2005 a high profile trial saw the Dover School District taken to court for promoting Intelligent Design (ID) as an alternative theory to evolution in classrooms. 15 years on Mike Behe, a prominent biochemist and ID advocate who took the stand as a defence witness, talks about what the case … » Go

Revolutionary, Michael Behe’s Intelligent Design Documentary Is Now Free Online!

_{Robert Crowther, II
January 2, 2019}

Now, learn the story of the beginning of the intelligent design movement and the ongoing debate between Darwin’s theory and design in the documentary Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines – available for free online! Find it … » Go

Why Intelligent Design Was Not Over at Dover

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2016}

Casey Luskin on the background, mistakes, and consequences of Dover v. Kitzmiller. … » Go

Darwin’s Poisoned Tree

_{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2016}

This article appears in the Fall, 2015 issue of the legal journal Trinity Law Review, Vol. 21 (1), pp. 130-233, published by Trinity Law School. Click here for a PDF of the full article. Introduction The teaching of biological origins in public schools is a contentious and highly … » Go

A Slightly Technical Introduction to Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2016}

Intelligent design — often called “ID” — is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the universe and living things is best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection. ID theorists argue that design can be … » Go

Text of the Dover School Board Statement on Intelligent Design

_{Discovery Institute
November 30, 2015}

Below is the text of the statement on intelligent design that the Dover Area School Board in Dover, Pennsylvania required to be read in sciences classes before students studied the topic of evolution. The policy mandating the reading of the statement was adopted in 2004. The main group representing … » Go

An Introduction to Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 21, 2015}

Click here for a reproducible PDF of this article.PDF En Español Intelligent design — often called “ID” — is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the universe and living things is best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected … » Go

The Top Ten Scientific Problems with Biological and Chemical Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2015}

Is it true that there are “no weaknesses” in evolutionary theory? All one must do is examine the technical scientific literature and inquire whether there are legitimate scientific challenges to chemical and biological evolution. This article reviews some of this literature and the … » Go

PBS Judgment Day

_{Discovery Institute
July 12, 2013}

PBS and NOVA’s “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial” purports to re-tell the story of the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, but portrays an extremely inaccurate, biased, and one-sided view of the case. Related The Truth about the Dover Intelligent Design TrialDiscovery … » Go

The Truth about the Dover Intelligent Design Trial

_{Discovery Institute
July 12, 2013}

Traipsing into Evolution is a book-length critique of federal Judge John E. Jones’s decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case. In this concise yet comprehensive response, Discovery Institute scholars and attorneys show how Judge Jones’s Kitzmiller decision was based upon faulty … » Go

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Science & Culture Today

Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

_{William A. Dembski
June 11, 2024}

A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking.

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From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

_{Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024}

Scott Buchanan’s review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview.

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West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024}

West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy.

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Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2024}

If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution.

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It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2023}

Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge.

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How I “Discovered” Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
September 26, 2023}

I certainly wouldn’t have recognized his full significance if I had not already been introduced to ID by reading Johnson, Behe, and Dembski.

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Chatting with ChatGPT about Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
September 20, 2023}

This study raises the interesting question of the interplay between trained biases in ChatGPT and the ability to coax this AI to transcend those biases.

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Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 26, 2023}

The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty?

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Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2023}

The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus.

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Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

_{David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2023}

“Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police.”

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Linking Darwin Skepticism with Anti-Communism, Historian Offers a Misguided Attack

_{Richard Weikart
June 3, 2022}

Weinberg’s evidence that Discovery Institute uses intelligent design to bash communism is completely lacking.

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Science Stopper? Intelligent Design as a Fruitful Scientific Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
May 9, 2022}

When critics claim that research is not permitted to detect design because that would stop science, it is they who hold science back.

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ID the Future

Decade after Dover, Pt 3: Judge Jones’ Judicial Activism

_{Casey Luskin
December 23, 2015}

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin discusses the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial. Ten years ago, on December 20, 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled in Kitzmiller v. Dover that intelligent design is religion and not science. His decision was based on faulty reasoning and misrepresentation of … » Go

Decade after Dover, Pt 2: Does ID Require a Supernatural Creator?

_{Casey Luskin
December 21, 2015}

Decade after Dover: Casey Luskin Recaps Trial

_{Casey Luskin
December 18, 2015}

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin discusses the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial. Nearly ten years ago, on December 20, 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled in Kitzmiller v. Dover that intelligent design is religion and not science. His decision was based on faulty reasoning and misrepresentation … » Go

Dover and the “ID is dead” meme

_{Casey Luskin
January 16, 2012}

On this podcast, David Boze interviews CSC Research Coordinator Casey Luskin discussing the “ID is Dead” internet meme. They review problems with the Kitzmiller v. Dover ruling, and how ID has thrived despite the intolerant environment in the post-Dover world. Listen in as they discuss … » Go

“A Masterful Feat of Courtroom Deception”: Immunologist Donald Ewert on Dover

_{Editor
December 20, 2010}

On this episode of ID the Future, research immunologist and virologist Dr. Donald L. Ewert gives his take on the discussion of the evolution of the immune system that happened five years ago today in Dover, Pennsylvania. Was Michael Behe correct to argue in the Kitzmiller case that there … » Go

Where Dover Was Wrong: A Detailed Look at the Errors of the Infamous Kitzmiller Decision

_{Casey Luskin
April 1, 2010}

On this episode of ID the Future we’re featuring an excerpt from a talk given by Casey Luskin at the 2010 Academic Freedom Day celebration at the University of Arkansas. In this final clip, Luskin explains the problems of the infamous Kitzmiller v. Dover ruling and the advocacy of the … » Go

Atheist Philosopher of Physics Bradley Monton on Intelligent Design Debate, Part Two

_{Bradley Monton
November 10, 2008}

This episode of ID the Future features the second part of Casey Luskin’s interview with atheist philosopher of physics Bradley Monton. Prof. Monton shares his experience in the debate over intelligent design and discusses the Dover decision, rebutting trial witness philosopher Robert … » Go

Intelligent Design, Science, and Kitzmiller: Steve Fuller on Naturalism

_{Casey Luskin
September 26, 2008}

This episode of ID the Future features Casey Luskin’s third and final interview with Dr. Steve Fuller, professor of sociology at University of Warwick. Here Fuller discusses his role as an expert witness in the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, where he rebutted the claim that science is committed … » Go

Was Justice Denied to FTE during the Dover Intelligent Design Trial?

_{Casey Luskin
October 17, 2007}

On this episode of ID The Future we’re featuring an interview by CSC public policy officer Casey Luskin with Seth Cooper (himself an attorney and former public policy officer with the CSC) about strange sordid tale of the mistreatment of the Foundation for Thought & Ethics throughout the … » Go

A Discussion of the Montana Law Review’s Recent Publication of Articles about the Dover Intelligent Design Ruling

_{David DeWolf
June 20, 2007}

On this episode of ID The Future, CSC’s Casey Luskin discusses with senior fellow David DeWolf the current issue of the Montana Law Review which features a lively exchange of views about the Kitzmiller v. Dover intelligent design decision. The Kitzmiller decision isn’t wearing well … » Go

A Year After Dover, Debate Over Darwin Continues

_{John G. West
December 20, 2006}

A year ago today, Judge John E. Jones issued his 139-page ruling denouncing intelligent design in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case. At the time, the ruling was hailed by defenders of Darwin’s theory as a knock-out blow against intelligent design and scientific skepticism of Darwin’s … » Go

Why the Report on Judicial Copying is Significant

_{Casey Luskin
December 13, 2006}

On this episode of ID The Future we speak with CSC attorney Casey Luskin about the recent report which showed that in last year’s Kitzmiller vs Dover School District intelligent design trial federal Judge John Jones copied the ACLU’s findings of fact nearly verbatim in the section of his … » Go

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