Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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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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Brian Miller

Thomas Aquinas
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Brian Miller
Date
November 30, 2022
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Bioethics
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Attempts to Reconcile Evolutionary Theory with Christianity Lead to Intractable Tensions 

Brian Miller
November 30, 2022
Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science
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The fundamental premise of evolutionary theory is that humans are the product of an undirected process that did not have us in mind. Read More ›
Aquinas
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Brian Miller
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November 16, 2022
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Cosmology
Ecology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design

Brian Miller
November 16, 2022
Cosmology, Ecology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.” Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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November 7, 2022
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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To Avoid a Cosmic Beginning, Physicist Paul Steinhardt Goes to Extraordinary Lengths

Brian Miller
November 7, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Steinhardt is one of the most interesting and influential figures in cosmology. He was one of the original architects of inflationary cosmology. Read More ›
Big Bang
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Brian Miller
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September 26, 2022
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Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder on the Deficiency of Alternative Models to Big Bang Cosmology 

Brian Miller
September 26, 2022
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science
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Hossenfelder concludes that “we are facing the limits of science itself.” And the question of the universe’s origin “we’ll never be able to answer.” Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
September 14, 2022
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Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science
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Burgess: Claims of “Poor Design” in Skeletal Joints Are Based on Critics’ Lack of Training in Engineering

Brian Miller
September 14, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science
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Burgess’s lecture confronts one of the most common abuses of science aimed at suppressing the evidence for design in biology. Read More ›
Cartwheel Galaxy
Photo: Cartwheel Galaxy, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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Brian Miller
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August 9, 2022
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
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Physics
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Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning, a Key Argument in Meyer’s God Hypothesis

Brian Miller
August 9, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
July 28, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

Brian Miller
July 28, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›
basalt lava glass
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Brian Miller
Date
June 15, 2022
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Origin of Life from Basalt Lava Glass? Sorry, No

Brian Miller
June 15, 2022
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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An honest evaluation of the studies leads to the conclusion that the formation of RNA could not have occurred through any natural processes on the early earth. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
May 23, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Another Claim by Origin-of-Life Researchers Dissolves on Inspection

Brian Miller
May 23, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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This experiment, like all previous ones, reinforces the view that life was the product of intelligent design. Read More ›
cave fish
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Brian Miller
Date
May 17, 2022
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Biology
Engineering
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Life Sciences
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Brian Miller: “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Engineering in the Biological Sciences”

Brian Miller
May 17, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Dr. Miller takes on a number of specific examples including the celebrated eyeless cavefish, which he “used to think was an absolute win for microevolution.” Read More ›

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