Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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April 2024

Wiwaxia
Photo: Wiwaxia, a creature from Cambrian Explosion, by Martin R. Smith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Daniel Witt
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April 4, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!

Daniel Witt
April 4, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist?  Read More ›
train tracks
Photo credit: Helen Steed, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
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April 3, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Technology
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For a Maverick Scientist, Curiosity Lead to Unexpected Adventures

Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2024
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
2
In 1907, Forrest Mims’s great-grandfather lost his eyesight in a train track construction accident. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
April 3, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

David Coppedge
April 3, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›
LLM
Image source: DALL-E, following prompts by William Dembski.
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William A. Dembski
Date
April 3, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Truth and Trust in Large Language Models

William A. Dembski
April 3, 2024
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind
21
How much truth is ChatGPT or Gemini giving us? How much can we trust their answers to queries? As we'll see, LLMs can lay no claim to truth. Read More ›
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 2, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Did Christianity Help or Hinder the Rise of Science?

Andrew McDiarmid
April 2, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Melissa Cain Travis explains why her new course gives special attention to the “warfare thesis,” a late-19th-century idea championed by materialists. Read More ›
spiral
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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April 2, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
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Is Natural Law Irreducible?

Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 2, 2024
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences
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Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility. Read More ›
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Photo: Steven Weinberg in 2014, by Betsythedevine, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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William A. Dembski
Date
April 2, 2024
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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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My Dinner with Steven and Louise Weinberg

William A. Dembski
April 2, 2024
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Weinberg was holding court, going on about how much he knew about the origin of the universe and how atheism was the only intellectually viable option. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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April 1, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Cell as an “Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune” 

David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Navare, a science writer and an enthusiast of Feminist Science Studies, plausibly makes a scientific case against seeing the cell as a hierarchical entity. Read More ›
Nasice_cement
Photo credit: Roko Poljak, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
April 1, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

Casey Luskin
April 1, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›
soda lake
Photo: A soda lake, by Zachary R. Cohen, via EurekAlert! (no restrictions on usage).
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Eric Hedin
Date
April 1, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
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From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

Eric Hedin
April 1, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›

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