Tag: Charles Darwin
On Independence Day, Remember Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design
Jefferson thought that there was scientific evidence for design in nature. In 1823, he insisted so in a letter to John Adams.
An “Impersonal Universe” and Its Consequences
Physicist Frank Tipler, as I noted earlier today, provocatively personalizes the Singularity, the beginning point or moment from which the universe burst forth.
Judge Calls for Academic Freedom…in Australia
Wow! That is some stirring prose. The reference to Darwin is ironic, though.
Origins of a Dictum
“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It’s almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents.
A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!
Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal.