Education

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The Real Story of How Caroline Crocker Was Expelled from George Mason University

Are scientists free to think and follow the evidence wherever it leads? On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Caroline Crocker, president of the American Institute for Technology and Science Education and author of Free to Think: Why Scientific Integrity Matters. Dr. Crocker was famously expelled from her job at George Mason University. Read More ›

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Why We Need Academic Freedom for Intelligent Design Proponents

Are there really threats to academic freedom in America? 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. Read More ›

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Darwin as the Pinball Wizard: Talking Probability with Robert Marks

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Dr. Robert J. Marks, who recently published two papers with William Dembski and another paper with Dr. Dembski and graduate student Winston Ewert. This is Dr. Marks’ first IDTF interview since Baylor University shut down his pro-ID Evolutionary Informatics Lab, now available at a third-party website, EvoInfo.org. Read More ›

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A Mathematician Dissents From Darwin

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Granville Sewell about how he came to be a Darwin skeptic and why a mathematician’s view of neo-Darwinian evolution matters. Listen in as Dr. Sewell shares his views and gives advice to students who doubt Darwinism. Read More ›

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Scientocracy Rules

Welcome to the Scientocracy, where unless you fully accede to the consensus view, then your opinion not only doesn’t matter, it might even be dangerous. On this episode of ID the Future Casey Luskin shows how a recent move to redefine scientific literacy from an understanding of science into wholesale capitulation to the “consensus” damages true scientific literacy — including the right to debate and dissent. Read More ›

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Has the U.S. Supreme Court Sanctioned Critique of Darwinism?

In this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin discusses with Kevin Wirth the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Edwards v. Aguillard case and how the Court sanctioned the legality scientific critiques of evolution in public schools. They also discuss some of the dangerous aspects of the Selman v. Cobb County ruling and how it threatens the political rights of millions of Americans. Read More ›

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What Do Court Decisions Say About Teaching Evolution?

This episode of ID the Future features Casey Luskin interviewed by Kevin Wirth on the key legal cases involving teachers teaching evolution. What does the case law say about teachers’ rights and free speech?

Luskin, a lawyer with a science background, published a survey of case law in Hamline University Law Review to help the public understand what the courts have ruled on the topic of teaching origins. Read More ›

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What’s Legal When Teaching Evolution?

This episode of ID the Future features Casey Luskin interviewed by Kevin Wirth on the key legal cases concerning the teaching of origins. Luskin, a lawyer with a science background, published a survey of case law in Hamline University Law Review to help the public understand what the courts have ruled on the topic of teaching origins. Read More ›

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An Atheist Considers the Scientific Arguments for Intelligent Design

On this episode of ID the Future Casey Luskin interviews atheist philosopher Bradley Monton on the scientific arguments for intelligent design and whether or not he finds them compelling, from design in biology to the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, and what he thinks about evolution and intelligent design in public education. Read More ›

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Behind the Scenes With Darwin’s Dilemma: An Interview With Producer Lad Allen

On this episode of ID the Future Anika Smith interviews Illustra Media producer Lad Allen on the new film out next week, Darwin’s Dilemma. Read More ›