David Klinghoffer

1 month ago | evolutionnews.org | David Klinghoffer

I wasn’t sure how somber a face to put on for a “celebration of life” gathering for our biologist colleague Jonathan Wells (1942 – 2024), last Sunday in Poulsbo, WA. It turned out I needn’t have worried about it. The event wasn’t a funeral, as Jonathan had passed away in September and left instructions, as his daughter Josie said, that he did not want a funeral. It was indeed a celebration and not somber at all, with much warmth and humor inspired by our longtime friend and colleague.

1 month ago | evolutionnews.org | David Klinghoffer

Molecular biologist Douglas Axe sat down with podcaster Sean McDowell to talk about theistic evolution, intelligent design, and faith and science. He shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture. Chemistry, unlike biology, doesn’t sound like much of a potentially sensitive scientific subject.

1 month ago | evolutionnews.org | David Klinghoffer

“What is a woman?” is a question that has proven to be bizarrely difficult to answer for many people in our culture. Here’s another good one: “What is a scientist?” Is it necessarily someone with a PhD from an accredited academic institution in one or more of the following academic disciplines and sub-disciplines… (you name them all if you can). Well, was Charles Darwin, who lacked such a degree, not a scientist then?

1 month ago | evolutionnews.org | David Klinghoffer

I have the honor to inform you that the Polish translation of William Dembski and Winston Ewert’s The Design Inference is now available. The translation was prepared by Dariusz Sagan, who spent years analyzing the methodological and philosophical aspects of intelligent design theory. I am glad to have contributed to this enterprise, serving as the editor of the Polish translation. This book could not have been published without the efforts of the En Arche Foundation.

1 month ago | evolutionnews.org | David Klinghoffer

You can tell a lot about someone’s outlook on reality by his choice of words. When speaking of the disaster that began to unfold in 2020, do you refer to it as the Covid “pandemic” or the Covid “lockdowns and vaccine mandates”? Obviously, the former emphasizes the virus-borne illness, while the latter underlines the government and other responses to the illness.