# Did Douglas Axe Disprove Evolution? Spoiler: No

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**Tags:** Science, Design\
**Created:** [October 5, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/did-douglas-axe-disprove-evolution-spoiler-no/17458 "2025-10-05T19:11:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/did-douglas-axe-disprove-evolution-spoiler-no/17458/149 "2025-12-17T18:58:33Z")

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> [@lee\_merrill](#):
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> Yes, scientists are human, but it seems the reviewers should have been able to spot a seriously flawed setup, along with all the other problems you all are pointing to. That’s what reviewers set out to do, that’s their job. You all are claiming a complete failure by the reviewers, by implication. I find that shocking. I deem that unlikely.

That is because of your ignorance. It clearly happened in this instance, and it is not really all that uncommon.

> [@lee\_merrill](#):
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> I protest that you all should present your objections to the journal, and find it also shocking that you all are completely unwilling to do this.

My, but you are easily shocked. Please be sure you are never too far from a fainting couch and a vial of smelling salts.

It would be a total waste of time to point out the flaws in an obscure, 20 year article that has had zero impact in the field. If someone was to write to the editors, they would probably just think “WTF?” and file it in the circular filing cabinet.

I will repeat the question that you have, so far, ignored: How many articles on evolution has the DI claimed were flawed over the 20 years the organization has been in existence? How many times has the DI written to the editors expressing their criticisms? How often have the articles been retracted (or “refuted”, as you put it)?

Or, if answering that is too much work, you can save time and simply admit that you are a shameless hypocrite. Either will do.

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