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Jonathan Wells

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Jonathan Wells is a member of the Discovery Institute and a follower of Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and a prominent advocate of intelligent design, as well as the author of Icons of Evolution and Regnery Publishing's Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design.[1][note 1]

Along with Michael Behe, he is one of the few in the movement with demonstrably legitimate credentials (he has a Ph.D. in biological science). Wells completed the Ph.D. for the sole purpose of "debunking" evolution.[2] Despite his credentials, he has been caught bullshitting or outright lying on many occasions, and his books are generally considered garbage by mainstream science.[3]

Wells has also lent his support to the cause of AIDS denialism.

He also claims to expose the "lie about overwhelming amounts of evidence for evolution".

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Notes[edit]

  1. To see a chapter by chapter review and critique, see the work of Cartwright here

References[edit]

  1. Jonathan Wells, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design. Regnery Publishing, 21 August 2006. ISBN 1596980133
  2. "[Reverend Moon, creepily referred to here as "Father]'s" words, my studies, and my prayers convinced me that I should devote my life to destroying Darwinism, just as many of my fellow Unificationists had already devoted their lives to destroying Marxism." Darwinism: Why I Went for a Second Ph.D., Jonathan Wells
  3. Nick Matzke, Icon of Obfuscation: Jonathan Wells's book Icons of Evolution and why most of what it teaches about evolution is wrong. talk.origins, 23 January 2024.