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^{Paul Nelson
February 20, 1997
Intelligent Design}

Jettison the Arguments, or the Rule?

_{Paul Nelson
February 20, 1997
Intelligent Design}

1. Introduction “No biologist today,” observes Douglas Futuyma, “would think of submitting a paper entitled ‘New evidence for evolution; it simply has not been an issue for a century.” [1] Whether they see it as an issue or not, however, biologists today still explain (in textbooks, for instance) why they think evolution is true. In other words, they regularly make Read More ›

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^{David Berlinski
January 1, 1997
Intelligent Design}

Full House Follies

_{David Berlinski
January 1, 1997
Intelligent Design}

This little book is intended to correct the popular impression that “progress and increasing complexity” are characteristics of life’s course on Earth. Progress has, in the twentieth century, already been punched silly; but paleontologists seem genuinely more complex than paramecia, a point that Gould concedes, if only for reasons of professional pride. His doubts arise whenever the twig of a trend Read More ›