Author: Casey Luskin

Maropeng Besucherzentrum im Craddle of Human Kind in Südafrika

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Casey Luskin

Date
March 3, 2023

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Human Origins

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Alfred Russel Wallace, celibacy, Darwin, Darwinism, DNA survival machines, Evolution, evolution of religion, evolutionary dead-ends, evolutionary psychology, human evolution, Johannesburg, just-so stories, love for enemies, Maropeng Museum, martyrs, non-adaptive behavior, non-kin altruism, Oscar Schindler, Philip Skell, Richard Dawkins, Robert Broom, selfish gene, South Africa}

Casey Luskin Debunks One Museum’s Evolutionary Propaganda

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March 3, 2023

Human Origins}

On today’s ID the Future, geologist Casey Luskin continues to unpack his recently published essay against the view that humans evolved from ape-like ancestors via blind Darwinian processes. In this episode he shares his experience of walking into the fossil hall at South Africa’s famous Maropeng Museum and immediately being confronted by a piece of shameless materialist propaganda, a Richard Dawkins quotation prominently displayed as part of a floor-to-ceiling display. The quotation insisted that humans are essentially just DNA survival machines. Luskin says, not so fast, and points out the various ways such a view fails to explain important aspects of human behavior, including altruistic behavior toward non-kin. Luskin and host Eric Anderson also call evolutionary theory to task for being Read More ›

Close up portrait of a cute baby chimpanzee making eye contact

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Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2023

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Africa, ape-like fossils, beta-globin pseudogene, Bill Nye, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, convergence, Convergent evolution, David Snoke, Eugenie Scott, Fossil Record, genome comparison, genus homo, hominids, human evolution, journal Genetics, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, Science and Faith in Dialogue}

Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels

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February 20, 2023}

On today’s ID the Future, Casey Luskin rebuts the oft-repeated claim that the human and chimp genomes are 98-99% similar and therefore surely resulted from Darwinian common descent. Luskin cites an article in the journal Science which describes the 98-99% claim as a myth. The original figure was derived from a single protein-to-protein comparison, but once you compare the entire genomes, and use more rigorous methods, the similarity drops several percentage points, and on one account, down into the mid-80s. Additionally, the chimp genomes used in the original comparison studies borrowed the human genome for scaffolding, thus artificially boosting the degree of similarity. What about supposed junk DNA similarities between human and chimp? Why would an intelligent designer put the Read More ›

Lighted caves of Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site in Gauteng Province, South Africa, the site of 2.8 million year old early hominid fossil and Mrs. Ples

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Casey Luskin

Date
February 15, 2023

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abrupt appearance, ape-like human ancestors, Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, australopithecus, bipedalism, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Cradle of Humankind, Darwinism, Evolution, great apes, hominid fossils, hominin, homo, homo erectus, homo habilis, Homo naledi, homo sapiens, human evolution, Intelligent Design, Johannesburg, Lucy, paleoanthropology, paleontology, Science and faith, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Theism}

New South Africa Book Explores Evidence of Design

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February 15, 2023}

Today’s ID the Future spotlights a new free online ID book from South Africa, Science and Faith in Dialogue, with contributions from Stephen Meyer, Hugh Ross, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Tour, Fazale Rana, Marcos Eberlin, and others. Geologist Casey Luskin joins host Eric Anderson to tell how the new peer-reviewed book came together and to describe the chapter he contributed, “Evolutionary Models of Palaeoanthropology, Genetics, and Psychology Fail to Account for Human Origins: A Review.” Luskin did his PhD in South Africa and had many opportunities to study various hominid fossils. Here he explains why he is convinced that intelligent design far better explains the fossil evidence than does Darwinian evolution.

Abstract background. Blot painting marble texture. Acrylic color in water and oil.

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2022

Categorized
Intelligent Design

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amino acid chains, Atheism, Biological Information, Casey Luskin, co-option, Darwinian Evolution, DNA, Dr. Jeffrey Myers, Evolution, evolutionary pathways, Free Will, genetic information, genetic reductionism, Intelligent Design, Kenneth Miller, meaning, Michael Behe, Molecular Machines, nihilism, nucleotide bases, philosophical materialism, Proteins, purpose, Richard Dawkins, scientific paradigms, Stephen Meyer, Summit Ministries, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Theism, Thomas Kuhn, type three secretory system}

Casey Luskin Talks Intelligent Design and Cultural Renewal on the Dr. Jeff Show

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November 28, 2022

Intelligent Design}

On this ID the Future, intelligent design scientist Casey Luskin sits down with Summit Ministries podcast host Dr. Jeff Myers to explain the heart of intelligent design theory and why it should matter to Christians and to anyone who prizes a culture committed to the view that life is meaningful and human beings more than matter in motion. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2022

Categorized
Intelligent Design

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aesthetic argument for design, atmospheric fine tuning for life, carbon cycle, carbon dioxide, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, earth, Earth’s atmosphere, giant-impact hypothesis, habitability requirements, habitable planets, Intelligent Design, luck, Lucky Planet, magnetic field, nitrogen, oxygen, planet Earth, planetary fine tuning, plate tectonics, Privileged Planet, Theia hypothesis, Theism, thin section rocks, Water, water cycle}

More from Casey Luskin on Our Intelligently Designed Planet—Plus Q&A

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October 26, 2022

Intelligent Design}

Today’s ID the Future continues geologist Casey Luskin’s presentation about how Earth is fine tuned in numerous ways for life, a talk he gave at the 2022 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Here in the second half, he highlights the many ways Earth’s precise mix of atmospheric gases is strikingly fit for life. On top of that (or rather, beneath that), Earth’s active geology and water-rich surface—unique in our solar system—are masterful at helping maintain our life-friendly atmosphere over long ages. Luskin argues that these and other finely tuned characteristics of planet Earth strongly suggest intelligent design. He then offers an additional design argument, this one aesthetic in nature, and then takes questions from the audience. Part 1 of his talk Read More ›

Panoramic view of the Earth, sun, star and galaxy. Sunrise over planet Earth, view from space. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categorized
Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, crustal recycling, earth, Earth’s core, Earth’s crust, Earth’s magnetic field, Earth’s mantle, earthlike planets, Geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, habitable planets, How to Build a Habitable Planet, Intelligent Design, Lucky Planet Carl Sagan, Mars, nebular hypothesis, paleomagnetism, planetary science, plate tectonics, rare earth, Science and faith, solar wind, terraforming, terrestrial planets, The Privileged Planet, Venus}

Casey Luskin on the Intelligent Design of Earth for Life

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October 24, 2022

Intelligent Design}

On today’s ID the Future geologist Casey Luskin explains how Earth contains many intricate geological processes required for life. He argues that, taken together, this points to intelligent design rather than dumb luck. This episode is the first half of a talk Dr. Luskin presented at the 2022 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Stay tuned for Pt. 2 and a Q&A with his original audience.

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Casey Luskin

Date
July 20, 2022

Categorized
Intelligent Design

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antibiotic resistance, Apologetics 315, appearance of design, bacterial flagellum, BioLogos, Brian Auten, Brian Josephson, cancer research, Casey Luskin, Chad Gross, Charles Townes, chemotaxis, cosmology, cures for cancer, Darwinian Evolution, evolutionary creationism, fine tuning, foresight, Francis Collins, Galactic Habitable Zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Intelligent Design, intelligent design research, Marcos Eberlin, nano-drills, nanobots, peer-reviewed intelligent design papers, population genetics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Romans 1, State Museum of Natural History, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome, Stuttgart Germany, systems biology, teleology, theistic evolution, unguided evolution, waiting times project, Wikipedia}

Casey Luskin on Why He Favors ID over Theistic Evolution

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July 20, 2022

Intelligent Design}

Today’s ID the Future continues intelligent design theorist Casey Luskin’s conversation with Apologetics 315 podcast hosts Brian Auten and Chad Gross. Here in Part 2, Luskin give a peek behind the scenes of ID 3.0, the current research program inspired by the intelligent design framework. Luskin is then asked to explain his reservations about theistic evolution, and Luskin points out the evidential, rhetorical, and logical problems he sees with the brand of theistic evolution advocated by Francis Collins and Biologos. What about the future of the intelligent design movement? Luskin says he’s optimistic, both because of the exciting research and publication breakthroughs of late, and because of the many converts he’s seeing to the ID framework. According to Luskin, many of these Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

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July 18, 2022

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Intelligent Design}

Casey Luskin Champions Intelligent Design at Apologetics 315

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July 18, 2022

Intelligent Design}

Today’s ID the Future features Apologetics 315 podcast hosts Brian Auten and Chad Gross interviewing scientist Casey Luskin about the past, present, and exciting future of the intelligent design movement. Here in Part 1, Luskin tells how he got into ID movement, gives the back story on the birth of a promising intelligent design research program known as ID 3.0, and relates how he ended up rushing back from his geology work in South Africa at the front end of the Covid-19 pandemic to rejoin Discovery Institute. From there Auten and Gross push Luskin to provide a clear, easily grasped definition of intelligent design and to explain how it differs from creationism. Luskin also makes the case that intelligent design Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
April 6, 2022

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Intelligent Design

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Adam Shapiro, adaptation, argument from ignorance, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, civil rights, Constitutional rights, Covid, Darwinian Evolution, Darwinism, DNA, Dover v. Kitzmiller trial, Erasmus Darwin, Establishment clause, Evolution, Free Exercise clause, genetic information, God, God of the gaps, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Intelligent Design, intelligent design research, Journal of Molecular Biology, nanomachines, natural laws, Natural Selection, Natural Theology, Nature Nanotechnology, Ola Hössjer, Ola Hossjer, overlapping genes, problem of pain, reading frames, religious establishment, religious freedom, the journal Nature, The Origin of Species, The Waiting Times Project, Theism, waiting time problem, William Paley}

Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro Debate Intelligent Design, Pt. 2

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April 6, 2022

Intelligent Design}

This ID the Future continues the debate between design theorist Casey Luskin, an editor of The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, and science historian Adam Shapiro, co-author of Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction. Justin Brierley, of the popular British debate program Unbelievable?, hosts. In this second half of the conversation, Shapiro argues that intelligent design’s popularity seems to have waned. Casey Luskin counters, arguing that the number and frequency of New York Times articles on ID is a superficial metric and that the ID research program is exploding, with the number of peer-reviewed ID papers growing every year, and the number of interested graduate students, ID hubs, and conferences expanding around the world, including ID conferences attended by high-level scientists, including Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

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April 4, 2022

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Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro Debate Intelligent Design, Pt. 1

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April 4, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, design theorist Casey Luskin, an editor of The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, and science historian Adam Shapiro, co-author of Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, debate the meaning and prospects of intelligent design. Here in this first half of their conversation with host Justin Brierley of the Unbelievable? podcast, the focus is on how the term intelligent design is used, or misused, and its relationship to theological issues. The interview is used by permission of Justin Brierley.